射

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to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A bow 身 being drawn by a hand 寸

Components 身寸

shoot · Heisig RSH #1027

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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
发射机	fā shè jī	transmitter
射阳县	Shè yáng Xiàn	Sheyang, a county in Yancheng City 鹽城市\|盐城市[Yan2 cheng2 Shi4], Jiangsu
发射器	fā shè qì	radio transmitter
爱克斯射线	ài kè sī shè xiàn	X-ray radiation
反射动作	fǎn shè dòng zuò	reflex action
发射台	fā shè tái	launchpad; (radio, TV) transmitter
射中	shè zhòng	to hit the target
光射线	guāng shè xiàn	light ray
反射面	fǎn shè miàn	reflecting surface
发射场	fā shè chǎng	launch site
射手	shè shǒu	archer; shooter; marksman; (football etc) striker
反射作用	fǎn shè zuò yòng	reflex; reflection
射电	shè diàn	radio wave (astronomy)
发射	fā shè	to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge…
反射光	fǎn shè guāng	to reflect light; reflection; reflected light
射出	shè chū	emission; ejaculation
口射	kǒu shè	to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
放射性武器	fàng shè xìng wǔ qì	radiological weapon
放射学	fàng shè xué	radiology
射门	shè mén	(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal

These characters use 射 as their sound component — compare how they read.