畬(shē)

12 strokes
Readingsshēyú

(literary) slash-and-burn agriculture

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Character information

Pinyin
shē / yú
Meaning
(literary) slash-and-burn agriculture
Strokes
12
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 畬 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱余田

An extra 余 field 田; 佘 provides the pronunciation; compare 畲

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

余yú田tián

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 畬 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 畬

Common words using 畬 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhuó斫shē畬

(literary) slash-and-burn agriculture

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xú徐jì继shē畬

Xu Jiyu (1795–1873), Chinese geographer

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Related characters

From 畬’s common words

斫徐继

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