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设立

shèlì

to set up

A person placing a doorway post
Memory picture

Characters in this word

设 shè

Strokes
6
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 殳 tool, weapon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 设

立 lì

Strokes
5
Radical
立 — to stand
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 学校设立新班。 Xué xiào shè lì xīn bān. The school sets up a new class.
  • 公司设立分店。 Gōng sī shè lì fēn diàn. The company opens a branch store.
  • 这里设立医院。 Zhè lǐ shè lì yī yuàn. They set up a hospital here.

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