shē / shé
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the She, an ethnic group of southern China
  2. 2 slash-and-burn farmland; to clear land by burning

Examples

Shēzú zhǔyào jùjū zài Fújiàn hé Zhèjiāng.
The She people are mainly settled in Fujian and Zhejiang.
山民从前刀耕火种法子畲田
Shānmín cóngqián yòng dāogēng-huǒzhòng de fǎzi zhòng shētián.
The mountain folk once farmed by the slash-and-burn method.

Tips

culture
Best known in 畲族, one of China's recognized ethnic minorities. The name traces to meaning slash-and-burn fields, the group's traditional hill farming. A separate reading is a rare surname.

Components

radical
tián
field
Bottom is the field radical , anchoring the core sense — newly burned-off farmland.
phonetic
surplus; sound element
Top element is the sound part; the reading has drifted from to .

Stroke Order

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