Memory phrase for the character: 射

射

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Meaning

to shoot, to launch, to allude to

Pronunciation

 shè

Explanation

 Left: body 身 (side view of a body), right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
The body stands laterally and needs a skillful hand, when: shooting.

Radicals

身 body
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".
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 Vocabulary

反射 fǎn shè  to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
射影 shè yǐng  projection (geometry); projective
射线 shè xiàn  ray
照射 zhào shè  to shine on; to light up; to irradiate
注射 zhù shè  injection; to inject
发射 fā shè  to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission
辐射 fú shè  radiation
喷射 pēn shè  to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet
衍射 yǎn shè  diffraction
衍射 yǎn shè  

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