奢
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extravagant
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How 奢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
大 (semantic, “big”) + 者 (phonetic, zhě)
How to remember it
extravagant · Heisig RSH #2305
St. Bernard dog + puppet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 者
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 者 (zhě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound component | zhě | that which; they who; those who |
| 都 | dōu | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog, wild boar |
| 诸 | zhū | all, many, various; surname |
| 著 | zhù | to show, to prove, to make known |
| 署 | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet, to gamble, to wager |
| 绪 | xù | mental state; thread, clue |
| 屠 | tú | to butcher, to slaughter; massacre |
| 暑 | shǔ | hot; heat; summer |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to boil, to cook |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block |
| 睹 | dǔ | to look at, to gaze at; to observe |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet, sandbar |
| 箸 | zhù | chopsticks |
| 褚 | zhǔ | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname |
| 赭 | zhě | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown |
| 啫 | zhě | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning |
| 楮 | chǔ | mulberry; paper |
Words containing 奢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难 | yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán | (idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy |
| 穷奢极欲 | qióng shē jí yù | to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance |
| 奢华 | shē huá | luxurious; sumptuous; lavish |
| 奢香 | Shē Xiāng | She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Min… |
| 奢望 | shē wàng | an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations |
| 奢求 | shē qiú | to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request |
| 奢泰 | shē tài | extravagant; sumptuous; wasteful |
| 奢丽 | shē lì | sumptuous; a luxury |
| 戒奢崇俭 | jiè shē chóng jiǎn | (idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality |
| 穷奢极侈 | qióng shē jí chǐ | extravagant in the extreme (idiom) |
| 豪奢 | háo shē | extravagant; luxurious |
| 奢侈品 | shē chǐ pǐn | luxury item |
| 骄奢淫逸 | jiāo shē yín yì | extravagant and dissipated; decadent |
| 伍奢 | Wǔ Shē | Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], official of the state of Chu, execut… |
| 奢靡 | shē mí | extravagant |
| 骄奢淫佚 | jiāo shē yín yì | variant of 驕奢淫逸|骄奢淫逸[jiao1 she1 yin2 yi4] |
| 奢盼 | shē pàn | an extravagant hope; to have unrealistic expectations |
| 奢糜 | shē mí | variant of 奢靡[she1 mi2] |
| 奢侈 | shē chǐ | luxurious; extravagant |