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射
shè
1. to shoot
2. to launch
3. to allude to
4. radio- (chemistry)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

射
shè
to shoot, to eject, to emit
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

绕射
ràoshè
interference (of wave motion in physics)
颜射
yánshè
to ejaculate onto sb's face
满射
mǎnshè
surjective map (math.)
簇射
cùshè
shower (radiation, particle, etc)
闪射
shǎnshè
to radiate
齐射
qíshè
volley (of gunfire)
散射
sǎnshè
scattering
注射
zhùshè
injection
HSK 6
折射
zhéshè
to refract
发射
fāshè
to shoot (a projectile)
HSK 6
辐射
fúshè
radiation
HSK 6
镭射
léishè
laser (loanword)
雷射
léishè
laser (loanword used in Taiwan)
点射
diǎnshè
to fire in bursts
投射
tóushè
dart
放射
fàngshè
to radiate
HSK 6
态射
tàishè
morphism (math.)
映射
yìngshè
to shine on
反射
fǎnshè
to reflect
HSK 6
射门
shèmén
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal

Alternate Entries

射
shè
old variant of [[射<shè>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
702
Word Frequency Rank
673 of 84,292