射 (se6 | she4 ) : shoot; emit

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射

se6

she4

[1] shoot; fire; discharge; eject; spout
[2] emit; give forth; send out (light, heat etc)
[3] allude to; refer to; insinuate
[4] [archaic] archery

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 寸 (#41)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

射

This word has been viewed 14500 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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射鵰英雄傳 se6 diu1 jing1 hung4 zyun6 she4 diao1 ying1 xiong2 zhuan4 = Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations

射波 se6 bo1 she4 bo1 = be absent from work; skip a work day 粵

射箭 se6 zin3 = archery

注射器 zyu3 se6 hei3 = syringe

注射 zyu3 se6 zhu4 she4 = to inject; injection

照射 ziu3 se6 zhao4 she4 = to shine; to irradiate

雷射 leoi4 se6 lei2 she4 = laser

鐳射 leoi4 se6 lei2 she4 = laser

反射 faan2 se6 fan3 she4 = reflex; reflection

發射 faat3 se6 fa1 she4 = to launch; to shoot; to fire; to spray
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Showing 1 example containing 射

跟我入去我間實驗室。你睇吓我嘅雷射。粵
Follow me into my lab and take a look at my laser.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 射
Unicode code for this character: U+5c04 (off-site link)

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