shè

(bound form) society; organization; agency

(old) god of the land

ritual (礻) + earth (土) = society rooted in the land

Ancient communities gathered around sacred earth mounds to honor the god of their land. Over time, these ritual gatherings gave rise to the broader sense of society and organized groups.

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EarthSemantic
RitualSemantic

他在一家出版工作。

tā zài yī jiā chū bǎn shè gōng zuò。

He works at a publishing house.

这个区的居民互相帮助。

zhè ge shè qū de jū mín hù xiāng bāng zhù。

The residents of this community help each other.

Words with 社

通讯社

tōng xùn shè

a news service (e.g. Xinhua)

造福社群

zào fú shè qún

to benefit the community

里社

lǐ shè

village shrine to the earth god

杂志社

zá zhì shè

magazine publisher

靖国神社

jìng guó shén shè

Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals

韩联社

hán lián shè

Yonhap (South Korean news agency)

黑社会

hēi shè huì

criminal underworld

上流社会

shàng liú shè huì

upper class

中国大百科全书出版社

zhōng guó dà bǎi kē quán shū chū bǎn shè

Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

中国新闻社

zhōng guó xīn wén shè

China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China

中国特色社会主义

zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì

socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era

中国社会科学院

zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

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