Memory phrase for the character: 社


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Meaning society, association, group, club, agency

Pronunciation

shè

Explanation

Left: to show/altar 礻(= image of an altar with a sacrifice and dripping blood ), right: earth

Mnemonic


 
He shows (points) to this earth. Here we found our society.

Radicals

to show, altarShows a simple altar with a sacrifice and blood is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
earth, ground
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 Vocabulary

社会 shè huì  society
匡扶社稷 kuāng fú shè jì  to earnestly support one's country (idiom)
塔斯社 Tǎ sī shè  TASS; Information Telegraph Agency of Russia
出版社 chū bǎn shè  publishing house
社会科学 shè huì kē xué  social sciences
合作社 hé zuò shè  cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
社论 shè lùn  editorial (in a newspaper)
通讯社 tōng xùn shè  a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
新华社 Xīn huá shè  Xinhua news agency
人民公社 rén mín gōng shè  people's commune
公社 gōng shè  commune
公社 gōng shè  

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