社
HSK 5freq #3615
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) society; organization; agency
- 2.(old) god of the land
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Wiktionary
- 1.god of the soil
- 2.altar for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil
- 3.festival for offering sacrifices to the god of the soil
- 4.to offer sacrifices to the god of the soil
- 5.an ancient grass-root administrative unit
- 6.organized body; society; association
- 7.agency (used for certain agencies that provide services)
- 8.a surname, She
- 9.commune (third level division along with wards and commune-level towns)
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 示 (“god; deity”) + 土 (“soil”) Probably related to 土 (OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, “earth, soil”); Takashima (2004) considers them an etymological doublet.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我參加帆船社。
I belong to the sailing club.
我參加戲劇社。
I belong to the drama club.
我參加游泳社。
I belong to the swimming club.
社區是安靜的。
The neighborhood was silent.
他參加攝影社。
He belongs to the camera club.
你屬於哪個社團?
Which club do you belong to?
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Derived terms
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Related words
社会 society社区 community社交 interaction报社 newspaper (i.e. a company)社团 association社论 editorial (in a newspaper)公社 commune社牛 (slang) extreme extrovert; socially fearless person (abbr. for 社交牛逼症[shè jiāo niú bī zhèng])神社 (historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities (in ancient China)复社 Fushe, late Ming political and cultural movement led by Zhang Pu 张溥[Zhāng Pǔ] and others, advocating the revival of ancient studies社火 festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)榆社 see 榆社县[Yú shè Xiàn]