射 (shè) — Chinese Character

射

shè

to shoot, to eject, to emit

Radical: 寸 HSK 5 v, vn pictographic

Components & Etymology

射 decomposes into the following components:

身寸

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 射.

仿射

fǎng shè

affine (math.), i.e. inhomogeneous linear

内射

nèi shè

劲射

jìng shè

shooting vigorously (with gun)

单射

dān shè

injective map (i.e. one-to-one map between sets in math.)

双射

shuāng shè

bijection

反射

fǎn shè

to reflect

发射

fā shè

to shoot (a projectile)

口射

kǒu shè

喷射

pēn shè

to spurt

四射

sì shè

to radiate all around

射中

shè zhòng

to shoot at a target

射出

shè chū

emission

Characters that share the radical 寸.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.