舍 shè residence
Made up of [人 rén person radical 9, 舌 shé tongue radical 135]Made with 8 strokes.
'person' gives the meaning, 'she' (tongue) gives phonetic
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Also uses 人 rén component: 茶 chá (tea) 从 cóng (from) ; 曷 hé (why) ; 会 huì (can) ; 今 jīn (modern) ; 久 jiǔ (long time) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 食 shí (eat) ; 以 yǐ (to use) ; 众 zhòng (many) ; 座 zuò (seat) ; 坐 zuò (sit)
Also uses 舌 shé component: 话 huà (speech) 活 huó (to live) ; 乱 luàn (in confusion or disorder)
Sounds same
射 shè (to shoot) ; 涉 shè (to wade)Different tone
舌 shé (tongue) ; 蛇 shé (snake)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
舍本逐末 shě běn zhú mò Concentrating on the little details rather than the important stuff退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè To retreat ahead of superior force, a tactical withdrawal. A 'she' is an ancient term for three day's march or 30 li. To sensibly avoid conflict.