Chinese Character 舍 Meanings and components.

Form

舍

Meaning

舍 meaning[3] in English

To Give Up.

To Abandon.

To Give Alms.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 集[ji2] (亼) , and surname Gu (古)

Its radical[1] is: 舌 (she2) which means: Tongue, .舌she2tongue

In cangjie it is written with OMJR

How to write 舍

To write舍she3to give … you should write a combination of 亼ji2variant of … , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吕 shape:

亼 + 古 = 舍

舍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 舍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 舍, looks as follow:

舍
Pinyin:she3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Up . To Abandon . To Give Alms
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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