舍 (shě)
house; dwelling; dormitory (abbr.)
How 舍 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人 — human
- Traditional
- 舍
- Simplified
- 舍 (unchanged)
舍 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shě
- to give up; to abandon; to give alms
- shè
- surname She
Common words using 舍
- 宿舍 sùshè
- dormitory; dorm room; living quarters
- 捨得 shěde
- to be willing to part with sth
- 不捨 bùshè
- reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
- 依依不舍 yīyībùshě
- reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
- 割舍 gēshě
- to give up; to part with
- 取捨 qǔshě
- to choose; to accept or reject
- 戀戀不捨 liànliànbùshě
- reluctant to part
- 捨棄 shěqì
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- 施捨 shīshě
- to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- 住舍 zhùshè
- house; residence
- 四捨五入 sìshěwǔrù
- to round up to the nearest integer; to discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)
- 宿舍樓 sùshèlóu
- dormitory building; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
舍 in a sentence
我住在學校宿舍。
Wǒ zhù zài xuéxiào sùshè.
“I live in the school dormitory.”
How common is 舍?
舍 is the 1,342nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.3% of all running text.
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