歙 (shè): used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in Anhui)
歙 (shè) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in anhui).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 翕 (phonetic) and 欠 (semantic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 歙 breathe. Its radical form 欠 (yawn) appears in many related characters such as 欢 (huān, hubbub), 欲 (yù, desire), 欣 (xīn, happy).
Definitions
- used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in Anhui)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歙县proper-noun | shè xiàn | She County or Shexian, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui |
歙 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
照搬歙砚柔婉的雕刻技法，难以彰显石头本身的气质。
zhào bān shè yàn róu wǎn de diāo kè jì fǎ , nán yǐ zhāng xiǎn shí tóu běn shēn de qì zhì .
Simply copying the delicate carving techniques of She inkstones makes it difficult to bring out the stone’s inherent character.
此次展览中，中国“四大名砚”端砚、歙砚、洮砚、澄泥砚也集中亮相。
cǐ cì zhǎn lǎn zhōng , zhōng guó sì dà míng yàn duān yàn , shè yàn , 洮 yàn , chéng ní yàn yě jí zhōng liàng xiāng .
At this exhibition, China’s “Four Famous Inkstones”—Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Tao inkstone, and Chengni inkstone—were also on display.
Character Family
欠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the yawn radical
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