舍

See also 捨, and 舎

Translingual

shinjitai	舎
simplified	舍
traditional	舍

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亼 (“roof, house”) + phonetic 舌 – to dwell under a roof.

Han character

舍 (radical 135 舌+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一十口 (OMJR), four-corner 8060₄, composition ⿳𠆢一古)

1. house, dwelling
2. dwell, reside

Derived characters

• 捨 舖

References

• KangXi: page 1006, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30278
• Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2941, character 2
• Unihan data for U+820D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

舍 (traditional 捨, Yale se2, se3)

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Japanese

Kanji

舍

Readings

• On: しゃ (sha), せき (seki)
• Kun: やどる (yadoru)

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Korean

Hanja

舍 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

舍 (traditional 捨, pinyin shě (she3), shè (she4), shì (shi4), Wade-Giles she³, she⁴, shih⁴)

Compounds

• 宿舍