捨 (se2 | she3) : abandon; give up; give alms

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捨

se2

she3

[1] abandon; give up; forgo
[2] give alms; dispense charity

舍 is also a traditional character with different meaning.

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

捨 / 舍

This word has been viewed 8181 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Nov 2010 05:35

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捨得 se2 dak1 she3 de2 = willing to give up (something)

捨不得 se2 bat1 dak1 she3 bu4 de2 = unwilling to give up (something) 國

唔捨得 m4 se2 dak1 = unwilling to give up (something) 粵

四捨五入 sei3 se2 ng5 jap6 = rounding (off)

不捨得 bat1 se2 dak1 = begrudge

捨身救人 se2 san1 gau3 jan4 = sacrifice one's life to save others

施捨 si1 se2 shi1 she3 = to give alms

捨入 se2 jap6 she3 ru4 = rounding (off)

不捨不棄 bat1 se2 bat1 hei3 = never give up

取捨 ceoi2 se2 qu3 she3 = accept or reject; make one's choice
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 18 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 捨
Unicode code for this character: U+6368 (off-site link)

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