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shè

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shè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shè | she4
English translation
musk deer

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About shè

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

shè

Contains the radical

鹿

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

deer

Etymology of shè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

鹿射

Semantic compound

鹿

Phonetic compound

shè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 鹿 represents the meaning and shè represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shè

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duō Nián lái , yòng de jiào 多的固定 gùdìng shì 动物 dòngwù 制品 zhì pǐn Lóng xián xiāng 香猫 xiāng 麝香 shè xiāng 以及 yǐjí 河狸 hé lí xiāng .

For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.

zài 两耳后分别 fēnbié shǎng 一小麝香 shè xiāng 香水 xiāng shuǐ

She dabbed a drop of the musky perfume behind each ear.

注意 zhùyì dào le Hòu Shuǐ 淡淡的麝香 shè xiāng wèi

He was conscious of the faint, musky aroma of after-shave.

Words with shè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
麝香 shè xiāng musk麝香 shè xiāng
shè also called 香獐子 xiāng zhāng zi shè
麝牛 shè niú musk ox麝牛 shè niú

shè Decomposition & Compounds

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