舍

She4
#1,342 most
frequent character
surname She

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

舍 has a sound part from 余 yú and 口 as an empty part added as a distinguishing mark. Its first sense was 'to give'. Read shě, it grew to 'to give up, abandon'. Read shè, 'building' was borrowed for its sound.

舍 as a component in other characters

meaning2 characters
舒舖
sound3 characters
舒啥猞

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Same Characters, Different Readings

舍shě
to give up, to abandon, to give alms
舍shě
old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
舍shè
(bound form) residence, house

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