Meaning
to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
Chinese: 设置、建立或假设。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “she” becomes a different word in each tone. 设 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 设计shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan
- 设备shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations
- 建设jiàn shèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop
- 设立shè lìto set up; to establish
- 设置shè zhìto set up; to install
Example Sentence
学校设有一个图书馆。Xué xiào shè yǒu yí ge tú shū guǎn.The school has a library.
学校Xué xiàoschool设有shè yǒuto have一个yí gea图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 plus 殳 (an action): to give orders and put in place — ‘to set up, establish, arrange, found; to suppose, if’ (设立, 设计, 假设). Simplified from 設.
A way to remember it
‘To set up / suppose’: 设计 (design), 假设 (suppose).