Dong Chinese dictionary

shè

build, set up

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (言) and a hand holding a tool (殳).

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

殳 Meaning component

shū

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shè

build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing; to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display

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