社 — Chinese character
社
shè
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
- Pinyin
- shè
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 礻 土
- Formation
- ideographic — An earth 土 spirit 礻; 礻 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 社 as a kanji
Common words with 社
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 社会 (社會) | shè huì | society |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | social interaction |
| 出版社 | chū bǎn shè | publishing house |
| 社团 (社團) | shè tuán | association; society |
| 社长 (社長) | shè zhǎng | president or director (of association etc) |
| 公社 | gōng shè | commune |
| 社群 | shè qún | community; social grouping |
| 旅行社 | lǚ xíng shè | travel agency |
| 报社 (報社) | bào shè | newspaper (i.e. a company); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 合作社 | hé zuò shè | cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc |
English words written with 社
社 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 3 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Analects 3.21
- Analects 11.24
- Analects 16.1
- Mencius 4A.3
- Mencius 7A.19
- Mencius 7B.14
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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