舍
shě
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(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 舌 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 捨
- Common rank
- #941
- Unicode
- U+820D
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Formation & memory
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Words with 舍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴尔舍夫斯基 | (Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator | |
| 新斯科舍 | Nova Scotia province, Canada | |
| 舍利子塔 | see 舍利塔[she4 li4 ta3] | |
| 舍利子 | see 舍利[she4 li4] | |
| 舍不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 舍生取义 | to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life; would … | |
| 难分难舍 | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate | |
| 难舍难分 | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate | |
| 四舍五入 | (math.) to round up or down; to round off | |
| 神不守舍 | (idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted | |
| 舍利塔 | (Buddhism) stupa, mound-shaped monument containing Buddhist relics such as śarīra 舍利[she4 … | |
| 舍身求法 | to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) | |
| 费舍尔 | (name) Fisher or Fischer | |
| 三瓦两舍 | places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) | |
| 不舍 | reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of | |
| 舍人 | ancient office title; rich and important person | |
| 学舍 | school building; school; (Tw) student dormitory | |
| 难舍难离 | loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate | |
| 舍利 | (Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra") | |
| 舍下 | to abandon; to lay down |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 舌 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌 sound part | tongue; bell clapper | |
| 活 | to exist, to live, to survive; living, working | |
| 适 | match, comfortable; just | |
| 括 | to embrace, to enclose, to include | |
| 刮 | to shave; to scrape; to blow | |
| 恬 | calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil | |
| 蛞 | snail, slug; mole cricket | |
| 栝 | a builder's frame for measuring | |
| 鸹 | crow |