舌 — Chinese character
舌
shé
tongue; bell clapper
- Pinyin
- shé
- Radical
- 135 ⾆ (Tongue)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 千 口
- Formation
- pictographic — A tongue 千 sticking out of a mouth 口
- Japanese
- 舌 as a kanji
Common words with 舌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌头 (舌頭) | shé tou | tongue; 个 (gè) |
| 饶舌 (饒舌) | ráo shé | talkative; to blather |
| 喉舌 | hóu shé | mouthpiece; spokesperson |
| 瞠目结舌 (瞠目結舌) | chēng mù jié shé | (idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned |
| 口舌 | kǒu shé | dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round |
| 舌尖 | shé jiān | tip of tongue; apical |
| 舌吻 | shé wěn | to French kiss; French kiss |
| 毒舌 | dú shé | venomous tongue; sharp-tongued |
| 龙舌兰 (龍舌蘭) | lóng shé lán | agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana) |
| 火舌 | huǒ shé | tongue of flame |
| 七嘴八舌 | qī zuǐ bā shé | lively discussion with everybody talking at once |
| 唇舌 | chún shé | argument; words |
English words written with 舌
舌 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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.