shè /
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 歙县) She County, in Anhui, famous for inkstones

Examples

Shèxiàn shì zhùmíng de shèyàn chǎndì.
She County is the home of the renowned She inkstone.
Tā zài gǔwán shìchǎng mǎi le yì fāng jiù shèyàn.
He bought an old She inkstone at the antique market.

Tips

culture
Read for the Anhui place name 歙县, source of the 歙砚 inkstone, one of China's Four Famous Inkstones. A different reading means 'to draw in / contract'.

Components

radical
qiàn
to gape; breath
Right side is the radical (an open mouth exhaling), which suits the original 'inhale / draw breath in' meaning of the reading.
phonetic
to draw together; sound element
Left portion ('to close up, draw in') is the sound-and-sense element behind the reading; the place-name reading is a separate fixed pronunciation.

Stroke Order

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