社会
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
社会 (shèhuì) · society
社会 (shèhuì) means “society”. It is written with 2 characters: 社 (group) + 会 (can). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 社会 is built
The characters
社 shè · group
What 社 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: An earth 土 spirit 礻; 礻 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
会 huì · can
What 会 is made of
- 人rén — person
- 云yún — cloud
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: People 人 speaking 云 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他想为社会做点儿事。Tā xiǎng wèi shèhuì zuò diǎnr shì.He wants to do something for society.
现在的社会发展得很快。Xiànzài de shèhuì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.Society is developing quickly now.
Questions about 社会
What does 社会 mean?
社会 (shèhuì) means “society”.
How do you pronounce 社会?
社会 is pronounced shèhuì.
Which HSK level is 社会?
社会 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 旅行社lǚxíngshètravel agency
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
- 社区shèqūcommunity
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 一会儿yīhuìra moment
- 不一会儿bùyīhuìrbefore long
- 机会jīhuìchance
- 那会儿nàhuìrat that time
- 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
- 音乐会yīnyuèhuìconcert
Learn 社会 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.