射 — Chinese character
射
shè
to shoot, to eject, to emit
- Pinyin
- shè
- Radical
- 41 ⼨ (Inch)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 身 寸
- Formation
- pictographic — A bow 身 being drawn by a hand 寸
- Japanese
- 射 as a kanji
Common words with 射
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发射 (發射) | fā shè | to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket) |
| 辐射 (輻射) | fú shè | to radiate; radiation |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
| 注射 | zhù shè | injection; to inject |
| 反射 | fǎn shè | to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc) |
| 射线 (射線) | shè xiàn | ray |
| 射杀 (射殺) | shè shā | to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) |
| 放射性 | fàng shè xìng | radioactive |
| 射程 | shè chéng | range; reach |
| 射精 | shè jīng | ejaculation; to ejaculate |
| 喷射 (噴射) | pēn shè | to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet |
| 射手 | shè shǒu | archer; shooter |
English words written with 射
射 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 16 · Zhuangzi 12 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.