Chinese Character Wiki
舌

shé

tongue

Depicts a tongue sticking out of a mouth.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a tongue.

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

舌 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
舌 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
舌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舌 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
舌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

舌  

shé

tongue; clapper of bell; KangXi radical 135

Most common words with 舌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

舌头

tongue

舌

tongue

口舌

to talk sb round

饶舌

talkative

瞠目结舌

stupefied

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (1 verified)

甜 辞 舔 舐 聒

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

适 恬 蛞 鴰 鸹 栝

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

言 訁 讠

Simplified component in 3 characters (3 verified)

敌 乱 讠

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

憩

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə.lat

zyet

shé

tongue


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 15.4093% of movies

1699th most common character in movies

1958th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+820C

Shuowen

“舌，在口所以言也，別味也。从千，从口，千亦聲。”


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