Chinese Character Wiki

赦

shè

forgive

Components
赤 sound component

赤  Sound component

chì

  

red

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

let go

Evolution

赦 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
赦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
赦 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
赦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

赦  

shè

forgive, remit, pardon; to pardon (a convict)

Most common words with 赦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赦免

to pardon

赦

to pardon (a convict)

特赦

amnesty

大赦

amnesty

十恶不赦

heinous

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

螫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l̥]Ak-s

syaeH

shè

to pardon


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3157% of movies

2468th most common character in movies

3107th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+8D66

Shuowen

“赦，置也。从攴，赤聲。，赦或从亦。”


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