社 shè
noun
: society
: group; club
: agency
: (old) god of the land
Kun Reading
社 | やしろ yashiro
noun
: shrine (usually Shinto)
On Reading
社 | しゃ sha
noun | noun suffix
: (Abbreviation) company; association; society
: regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honor); () counter for companies, shrines, etc.
社會[会] she4hui4: society
[社会 | しゃかい shakai: society; public]
上流社會 [上流社会 shang4 liu2 she4 hui4: upper class; high society
社會主義 [社会主义] she4hui4 zhu3yi4: socialism
[社会主義 | しゃかいしゅぎ shakai shugi: socialism]
社論[论] she4lun4: editorial (in a newspaper)
社長[长] she4zhang3: president or director (of association etc)
[社長 | しゃちょう shachou: company president; manager; director]
社區[区] she4qu1: community
社交 she4jiao1: interaction; social contact
[社交 | しゃこう shakou: social life; social intercourse]
報[报]社 bao4she4: general office of a newspaper; newspaper office
旅行社 lü3xing2 she4: travel agency
公社 gong1she4: commune
[こうしゃ kousha: public corporation]
通訊社 [通讯社] tong1xun4 she4: a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
神社 shen2she4: shrine [じんじゃ jinja: Shinto shrine]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
社交界の花 | しゃこうかいのはな shakou kai no hana
: belle of society; queen of high society
社内不倫 | しゃないふりん shanai furin
: (yoji) adulterous love affair with someone at work
神社仏閣 | じんじゃぶっかく jinja bukkaku
: (yoji) (Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
猛烈社員 | もうれつしゃいん mouretsu shain
: (yoji) gung-ho organization (corporate) man (woman); go-getter worker; hard-driving worker; workaholic employee
Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
社鼠城狐 she4 shu3 cheng2 hu2
: lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others’ power to bully and exploit people
会意 Associative Compound.
Those who set up altars 礻 (shi1: spirit; cult radical 113)
to the Earth 土 (tu3: earth; soil radical 32).
形声 Pictophonetic.
礻 (shi1: spirit; cult radical 113) suggests the meaning while
土 (tu3: earth; soil radical 32) provides the sound.
Examples:
社長さんの車種と色は？
しゃちょうさんのしゃしゅといろは shachousan no shashu to iro wa
What’s the color and make of the company president’s car?
