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射 (shè) — to shoot (an arrow, bullet, etc.); to launch (a rocket, satellite, etc.); to allude to, to hint at (in speech)

Definition

射 (shè) is a literary single-character verb meaning 'to shoot' (arrows/bullets) or 'to launch' (a satellite/rocket). 发射 is its modern compound form used in technical contexts like space launches.

verb
to shoot (an arrow, bullet, etc.)to launch (a rocket, satellite, etc.)to allude toto hint at (in speech)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù gēn fù qīn xué xí shè jiàn.
    He learned to shoot arrows with his father from a young age.
  • 。
    Zhōng guó chéng gōng fā shè le yì méi qì xiàng wèi xīng.
    China successfully launched a weather satellite.
  • 。
    Tā gāng cái shuō de huà shì zài yǐng shè tā.
    What he just said was alluding to her.

Origin

Compound ideograph
六书liùshū
会意huìyì

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

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