歙 (shè) · (in 歙县) She County, in Anhui, famous for inkstones

Meanings

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

Characters

歙

shè

(in 歙县) She County, Anhui

Examples

HSK 5

他在古玩市场买了一方旧歙砚。

Tā zài gǔwán shìchǎng mǎi le yì fāng jiù shèyàn.

He bought an old She inkstone at the antique market.

HSK 6

歙县是著名的歙砚产地。

Shèxiàn shì zhùmíng de shèyàn chǎndì.

She County is the home of the renowned She inkstone.

Tips

culture

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

Components

radical

欠 qiàn

to gape; breath

Right side is the 欠 radical (an open mouth exhaling), which suits the original 'inhale / draw breath in' meaning of the 歙 reading.

phonetic

翕 xī

to draw together; sound element

Left portion 翕 ('to close up, draw in') is the sound-and-sense element behind the 歙 reading; the place-name reading 歙 is a separate fixed pronunciation.