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社
shè
1. society
2. group
3. club
4. agency
5. (old) god of the land
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

社
shè
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

公社
gōngshè
commune
分社
fēnshè
sub-division or branch of an organization
剧社
jùshè
theater company
报社
bàoshè
general office of a newspaper
HSK 5
大社
Dàshè
Tashe township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
新社
Xīnshè
Hsinshe township in Taichung county [[臺中縣|台中县<Táizhōngxiàn>]], Taiwan
旅社
lǚshè
hotel
书社
shūshè
a reading group
会社
huìshè
a guild
榆社
Yúshè
Yushe county in Jinzhong [[晉中|晋中<Jìnzhōng>]], Shanxi
社交
shèjiāo
interaction
社保
shèbǎo
social insurance
社区
shèqū
community
HSK 6
社员
shèyuán
commune member (PRC, 1958-1985)
社团
shètuán
association
社学
shèxué
Ming or Qing dynasty school
社工
shègōng
social work
社戏
shèxì
theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
社教
shèjiào
Socialist education
社旗
Shèqí
Sheqi county in Nanyang [[南陽|南阳<Nányáng>]], Henan

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
269
Word Frequency Rank
1,135 of 84,292

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