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歃

shà

Character

What 歃 means

1. to drink

Words starting with 歃

• 歃血shà xuèto smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)
• 歃血为盟shà xuè wéi méngto smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom); to swear a sacred oath

Characters built on 臿

These share the phonetic component 臿 (chā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 锸chāspade; shovel

Sounds the same

Read shà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 厦(bound form) tall building; mansion; (bound form) rear annex; lean-to; Taiwan pr. xià
• 煞fiend; demon; very
• 沙(dialect) to sift; to sieve
• 嗄hoarse
• 霎all of a sudden; drizzle
• 箑fan
• 翣wooden fan carried in procession
• 萐(auspicious herb)
• 帹kerchief covering head (arch.)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shà correctly.
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