奢 — Chinese character
奢
shē
exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
- Pinyin
- shē
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 大 者
- Formation
- pictophonetic — big; meaning component 大; sound component 者
- Japanese
- 奢 as a kanji
Common words with 奢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奢侈 | shē chǐ | luxurious; extravagant |
| 奢华 (奢華) | shē huá | luxurious; sumptuous |
| 奢侈品 | shē chǐ pǐn | luxury item |
| 奢望 | shē wàng | an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations |
| 奢求 | shē qiú | to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request |
| 奢靡 | shē mí | extravagant |
| 豪奢 | háo shē | extravagant; luxurious |
| 骄奢淫逸 (驕奢淫逸) | jiāo shē yín yì | extravagant and dissipated; decadent |
| 穷奢极欲 (窮奢極欲) | qióng shē jí yù | to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance |
| 穷奢极侈 (窮奢極侈) | qióng shē jí chǐ | extravagant in the extreme (idiom) |
| 奢泰 | shē tài | extravagant; sumptuous |
| 奢盼 | shē pàn | an extravagant hope; to have unrealistic expectations |
English words written with 奢
奢 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · Zhuangzi 3
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