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).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in Anhui)

Etymology & Origin

歙

pictophoneticbreathe

Decomposition: ⿰翕欠 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
歙县proper-nounshè xiànShe County or Shexian, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui
1
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

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

中国新闻网·文化Sep 2026

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.

中国新闻网·文化Jul 2026

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

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 欠 (breathe) component

欠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the yawn radical

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 歙 (shè) mean in Chinese?
歙 (shè) primarily means "used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in anhui)." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 歙 have?
歙 is written with 16 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 歙?
The radical associated with 歙 is 欠 (yawn). This radical appears in many characters related to yawn.
What are the components of 歙?
歙 is composed of: 翕 (phonetic), 欠 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰翕欠 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 歙?
Common words with 歙 include: 歙县 (shè xiàn, "She County or Shexian, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 歙 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 歙 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.