Memory phrase for the character: 社

社

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Meaning

society, association, group, club, agency

Pronunciation

 shè

Explanation

 Left: to show/altar 礻(=示 image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八), right: earth 土

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

Radicals

示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
土 earth, groundPay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.
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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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