DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

射

Mandarin · pinyin shè

to shoot
to launch
to allude to
radio- (chemistry)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

射: shè · shoot, eject, issue forth, emit

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4 · she4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link31same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

射 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

je6 · jik6 · se6 · sik6

Cantonese word readings for 射. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

to shoot (an arrow); to fire
to launch; to eject; to project
to emit; to radiate
to guess
to allude to
to seek; to pursue
(colloquial) to ejaculate
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) archery

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hit with bow and arrow

character

used in 射干 (yègān)
used in 僕射／仆射 (púyè)
used in 姑射

character

used in 無射／无射
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack