麝

麝 · shè

musk deer

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shè
Cantonese
se6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

musk deer

Dictionary definitions & readings

麝 shè · musk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74735.040:shè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1015.010:shè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
329.150:shè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shè粵se6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジャ シャ セキ ジャク Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
사:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
xạ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
神夜 食亦 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IPHHI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0024.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1511.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
423.21 519.53 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E9D
Radical
鹿 · 198
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6456

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
麝
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
zyaeH · 神夜 · 假開三去麻船 · #2876
Middle Chinese
zyek · 食亦 · 梗開三入清船 · #3664

PHONO-ML, source line 15472; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1550.407
kCowles
3878
kDaeJaweon
2039.200
kFennIndex
442.06
kHanYu
74735.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
2039.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74735.040
kIRGKangXi
1511.130
kKangXi
1511.130
kLau
2714
kMatthews
5704
kMeyerWempe
2665
kMorohashi
47682
kNelson
5382
kSBGY
423.21 519.53
kSMSZD2003Index
821.14
kCangjie
IPHHI
kFenn
634I
kFourCornerCode
0024.1
kHKGlyph
4709
kMojiJoho
MJ029813
kPhonetic
1155
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-776A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C565
kIRG_JSource
J0-734D
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E1A1
kIRG_KSource
K0-5E7A
kIRG_TSource
T1-7B51
kIRG_VSource
V1-6D27
kRSUnicode
198.10
kTotalStrokes
21
kBigFive
C565
kCCCII
216259
kCNS1986
1-7B51
kCNS1992
1-7B51
kEACC
216259
kGB0
8774
kGB1
8774
kJis0
8345
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7790
kTGH
2013:6456
kTaiwanTelegraph
7790
kXerox
270:254
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7424+198.11.10
kCantonese
se6
kDefinition
musk deer
kFanqie
神夜 食亦
kHangul
사:0N
kHanyuPinyin
74735.040:shè
kJapanese
ジャ シャ セキ ジャク
kJapaneseOn
SHA JA SEKI
kKorean
SA
kMandarin
shè
kSMSZD2003Readings
shè粵se6
kTGHZ2013
329.150:shè
kTang
jhià
kVietnamese
xạ
kXHC1983
1015.010:shè

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 麝0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
鹿 wraps around 射 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿸鹿射$(GHTPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸鹿射$(GHTPV)

^⿱鹿射$(JK)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.