Chinese

社會

shèhuì
society (aggregate of people living together); community
  • TOCFL 4
  • 社会

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Origin

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社会.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 社會 (dzyae^X hwajᴴ), as a compound composed of 社 (dzyae^X, “god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of earth”) + 會 (“gathering”).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese社 “god of the soil”
    • ideaChinese示 “to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct”
    • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”
  • characterChinese會 “union; group; association (Classifier: 個／个)”
    • meaningChinese合 “to close; to shut”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese𡆧
  • borrowedJapanese社会
  • inheritedMiddle Chinese社會

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