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射

shè

HSK 5 Character

What 射 means

1. to shoot
2. to launch
3. to allude to
4. radio- (chemistry)

Other readings

射 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shèold variant of {射|shè}

Example sentences

• 射！
  Shoot!
• 停止射击。
  Tíngzhǐ shèjī.
  Stop shooting.
• 我要射了！
  I am going to shoot!
• 火箭发射。
  The rocket was launched.
• 射手打死了鹿。
  Shèshǒu dǎsǐ le lù.
  The archer killed the deer.
• 他射了鹿一箭。
  He shot an arrow at the deer.

Words starting with 射

• 射击shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)
• 射手shè shǒuarcher; shooter; marksman
• 射出shè chūemission; ejaculation
• 射门shè mén(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
• 射杀shè shāto shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
• 射程shè chéngrange; reach; firing range
• 射箭shè jiànarchery; to shoot an arrow
• 射中shè zhòngto hit the target
• 射线shè xiànray
• 射频shè pínradio frequency (RF)
• 射干shè gānblackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis); leopard lily
• 射影shè yǐng(geometry) projection; see 蜮
• 射流shè liújet (math.)
• 射精shè jīngejaculation; to ejaculate
• 射电shè diànradio wave (astronomy)
• 射击学shè jī xuéballistics
• 射精管shè jīng guǎnejaculatory duct
• 射手座Shè shǒu zuòSagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac); popular variant of 人马座
• 射影几何shè yǐng jǐ héprojective geometry
• 射影变换shè yǐng biàn huàna projective transformation
• 射频识别shè pín shí biéradio-frequency identification (RFID)
• 射灯shè dēngspotlight
• 射电望远镜shè diàn wàng yuǎn jìngradio telescope
• 射频干扰shè pín gān rǎoradio interference; RF interference

Words containing 射

• 发射fā shèto shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch
• 辐射fú shèto radiate; radiation
• 反射fǎn shèto reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
• 注射zhù shèinjection; to inject
• 放射fàng shèto radiate; radioactive
• 照射zhào shèto shine on; to light up; to irradiate
• 折射zhé shèto refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
• 四射sì shèto radiate all around
• 投射tóu shèto throw (a projectile); to cast (light)
• 扫射sǎo shèto rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
• 喷射pēn shèto spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet
• 条件反射tiáo jiàn fǎn shèconditioned reflex
• 放射性fàng shè xìngradioactive
• 映射yìng shèto shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping
• 影射yǐng shèto refer obliquely to; to insinuate; innuendo
• 注射器zhù shè qìsyringe
• 高射炮gāo shè pàoanti-aircraft gun
• 内射nèi shèto ejaculate in the vagina or anus
• 口射kǒu shèto ejaculate inside sb's mouth
• 单射dān shè(math) one-to-one function; injective map
• 态射tài shè(math) morphism
• 排射pái shèa barrage of fire; a salvo
• 散射sǎn shè(physics) to scatter
• 满射mǎn shèsurjective map (math.)

Characters that look like 射

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 躯qūhuman body
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 耙bàa hoe; to harrow

Sounds the same

Read shè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 社(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 设to set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 摄(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 涉(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo
• 拾to ascend in light steps
• 赦to pardon (a convict)
• 舍(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my…
• 麝musk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子
• 慑(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 蠂Podisma mikado
• 歙used in 歙县
• 韘archer's thumb ring