奢 (shē) is a Chinese character meaning “extravagant”. It is written from 大 (big) and 者 ("the one who"; a person or thing (as a suffix)), one above the other, and takes 11 strokes.
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Structure
大 + 者
Top–bottom structure
Structure from: modern-glyph-decomposition (hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验: 奢 11 画 = 大 3 画 + 者 8 画)
Memory aid
Big (大) sits on top of "the one who" (者) — the one who always goes big with money is extravagant.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 奢侈shē chǐextravagant; luxurious奢 = shē
- 奢侈品shē chǐ pǐnluxury goods奢 = shēspoken asshē chí pǐn
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All readings
extravagant
extravagant; luxurious; excessive
花费大量钱财，追求过分的享受；也指过分的、过多的。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 奢侈shē chǐextravagant; luxurious奢 = shē
- 奢侈品shē chǐ pǐnluxury goods奢 = shēspoken asshē chí pǐn
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 奢 mean?
奢 (shē) means extravagant; luxurious; excessive.
How do you pronounce 奢?
It is pronounced shē.
What parts is 奢 made of?
大 (big) and 者 ("the one who"; a person or thing (as a suffix)), one above the other. The recorded source is: modern-glyph-decomposition (hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验: 奢 11 画 = 大 3 画 + 者 8 画). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 奢 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 奢?
大. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 奢?
Common ones are 奢侈 and 奢侈品. The reading of 奢 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.