畲 (shé): surname She

Meanings

唐代氏族中记有姓畲者。

Tángdài shìzú zhōng jì yǒu xìng Shé zhě.

A man surnamed She is recorded among the Tang-dynasty clans.

register

Read 畲 only as a rare surname (a She is attested in Tang clan records). The common reading is 畲 in 畲族.

radical

田 tián

field

Bottom is the field radical 田, anchoring the core sense — newly burned-off farmland.

phonetic

余 yú

surplus; sound element

Top element 余 is the sound part; the reading has drifted from 余 to 畲.

畲 shé