射 · shè
shoot, eject, issue forth, emit
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
shoot, eject, issue forth, emit
- Mandarin
- shè
- Cantonese
- se6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 射 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
シャ ジャ ジャク セキ エキ ヤク ヤ いる あてる さす いとうKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 사
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5C04
- Radical
- 寸 · 41
- Strokes
- 10 · Unihan
- Residual
- 7
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
10 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 射
Character connections
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- yaeH · 羊謝 反切 · #2870
- Middle Chinese
- zyaeH · 神夜 反切 · #2876
- Middle Chinese
- yek · 羊益 反切 · #3650
- Middle Chinese
- zyek · 食亦 反切 · #3664
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 15452 · yaeH = 假開三去麻以 · zyaeH = 假開三去麻船 · yek = 梗開三入清以 · zyek = 梗開三入清船
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- shè
- kCantonese
- se6
- kDefinition
- shoot, eject, issue forth, emit
- kTotalStrokes
- 10
- kRSUnicode
- 41.7
- kGradeLevel
- 3
- kTGH
- 2013:1971
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- shè,yè,yì 10506.100
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- shè 1014.040
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- shè 329.080
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- shè(315)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- shè粵se6 yì粵jik1 yè粵je6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 羊謝 神夜 羊益 食亦
- Kangxi positions
- 0294.130
- Guangyun positions
- 422.56 423.19 517.25 519.54
- GSR references
- 0807a
- Cangjie
- HHDI
- Four-corner
- 2420.0