shè
society; organized body
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这个社区的居民都很友好。
Zhège shèqū de jūmín dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
The residents of this community are all very friendly.
他是一个社会活动家。
Tā shì yīgè shèhuì huódòngjiā.
He is a social activist.
这个公司是社会企业。
Zhège gōngsī shì shèhuì qǐyè.
This company is a social enterprise.
社会 (shèhuì)
society
公司 (gōngsī)
company
野 (yě)
wild
乡 (xiāng)
countryside
The Chinese character 社 (shè) is composed of two parts: the radical 土 (tǔ), which means "earth" or "soil", and the phonetic component 示 (shì), which is a simplified form of the character 社 (shè), which means "altar" or "shrine". The character 社 originally meant "a place where people gather to worship the gods of the land", and it later came to mean "society" or "community". In modern Chinese, 社 is used in a variety of words related to society, such as 社会 (shèhuì, "society"), 社区 (shèqū, "community"), and 社交 (shèjiāo, "social interaction").
