捨 (shě)
to give up; to abandon; to part with
How 捨 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 捨
- Simplified
- 舍
捨 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shě
- to give up; to abandon; to give alms
- shè
- surname She
Common words using 捨
- 捨得 shěde
- to be willing to part with sth
- 不捨 bùshè
- reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
- 取捨 qǔshě
- to choose; to accept or reject
- 戀戀不捨 liànliànbùshě
- reluctant to part
- 捨棄 shěqì
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- 施捨 shīshě
- to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- 四捨五入 sìshěwǔrù
- to round up to the nearest integer; to discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)
- 捨下 shěxià
- to abandon; to lay down
- 捨不得 shěbude
- to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
- 捨命 shěmìng
- to risk one's life
- 捨己 shějǐ
- selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation
- 捨生取義 shěshēngqǔyì
- to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
捨 in a sentence
我真捨不得把這些舊照片丟掉。
Wǒ zhēn shěbude bǎ zhèxiē jiù zhàopiàn diūdiào.
“I really can't bear to throw away these old photos.”
How common is 捨?
捨 is the 1,342nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.3% of all running text.
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