Character

舌

shé HSK 6

舌 shé HSK 6

1. tongue, the organ in the mouth used for tasting, chewing, and speaking
2. something tongue-shaped
3. clapper inside a bell or 铎（duó）
4. words; speech
5. a surname

Words using 舌 as shé (2)

1 舌头 shé tou — tongue HSK 6
- 舌 tongue (the main morpheme denoting the organ)
- 头 suffix (nominalizing suffix making the word more colloquial)
Example

他烫伤了舌头。

tā tàng shāng le shé tou

He burned his tongue.
2 七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé — all talking at once HSK 7
- 七 seven (indicating multiplicity)
- 嘴 mouth (representing people speaking)
- 八 eight (emphasizing multiplicity)
- 舌 tongue (representing speech)
Example

听到这个消息，同学们七嘴八舌地议论起来。

tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi tóng xué men qī zuǐ bā shé de yì lùn qǐ lái

Hearing this news, the classmates all started talking at once.

Structure & writing

舌 shé — tongue, the organ in the mouth used for tasting, chewing, and speaking

舌 is a component in 11 characters

HSK 1

话 huà speech; spoken words; language

HSK 3

刮 guā to scrape (a surface with a knife or similar tool to remove something) 活 huó to live; to be alive (opposite of '死') 甜 tián sweet taste (like sugar or honey), opposite of bitter 适 shì (lit.) to go; to travel to

HSK 4

乱 luàn disorderly; chaotic

HSK 5

括 kuò (lit.) to tie up; to bind 敌 dí hostile; antagonistic 舍 shě to give up; to abandon 辞 cí wording; diction; elegant language

HSK 7

舔 tiǎn to lick (touch or pick up something with the tongue)

舌 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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