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社区

shèqū

community; neighborhood

Neighbors around a shared table
Memory picture

Characters in this word

社 shè

Strokes
7
Radical
礻 — spirit
Made of
礻 spirit 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

区 qū

Strokes
4
Radical
匸 — box
Made of
匸 box 乂 to govern
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我住在社区。 Wǒ zhù zài shè qū. I live in this community.
  • 社区很安静。 Shè qū hěn ān jìng. The community is very quiet.
  • 他爱这个社区。 Tā ài zhè ge shè qū. He loves this community.

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