畲

shé / shē
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 surname She

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tángdài shìzú zhōng jì yǒu xìng Shé zhě.
A man surnamed She is recorded among the Tang-dynasty clans.

Tips

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

Components

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

Stroke Order

畲 shé