射 shè to shoot; to launch; to allude to

Made up of [身 shēn body; life; oneself radical 158, 寸 cùn unit of length; inch; thumb radical 41]
Used as component 射 in :谢 xiè
Made with 10 strokes.

A body and a thumb taken to represent somebody shooting an arrow

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Also uses 身 shēn component: 躺 tǎng (to recline)
Also uses 寸 cùn component: 得 dé (get) 对 duì (right) ; 封 fēng (to confer) ; 过 guò (past) ; 将 jiāng (will) ; 时 shí (time) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 寺 sì (Buddhist temple)

Sounds same

舍 shè (residence) ; 涉 shè (to wade)

Different tone

舌 shé (tongue) ; 蛇 shé (snake)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng To spit sand at someone's shadow, in other words to attack someone indirectly by innuendo. There is a legend of a three-legged turtle that would spit out sand at anyone who passed. Its spittle was so noxious that it would infect someone even if it only hit their shadow.