舌

shé

tongue; clapper of bell; Kangxi radical 135

How to write 舌, stroke by stroke

used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"; tongue

Pictographic: A tongue 千 sticking out of a mouth 口

Made of 千 + 口

舌头shé toutongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
龙舌兰lóng shé lánagave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
饶舌ráo shétalkative; to blather; to shoot one's mouth off; rap (genre of music)
口舌kǒu shédispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round
七嘴八舌qī zuǐ bā shélively discussion with everybody talking at once
油嘴滑舌yóu zuǐ huá shéglib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking
吐舌头tǔ shé touto stick out one's tongue
压舌板yā shé bǎntongue depressor; spatula
大舌头dà shé tou(coll.) lisp; one who lisps
小舌xiǎo shéuvula
平舌音píng shé yīnalveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
弹舌tán shéto cluck; to trill

女人的力量在她的舌头。
nǚ rén de lì liàng zài tā de shé tou 。
A woman's strength is in her tongue.
你喜欢饶舌音乐吗 ?
nǐ xǐ huan ráo shé yīn yuè ma ?
Do you like rap?
它在我的舌尖上。
tā zài wǒ de shé jiān shàng 。
It's on the tip of my tongue.
话到舌尖，呼之欲出
huà dào shé jiān ， hū zhī yù chū
It's on the tip of my tongue.
他说话咬舌。
tā shuō huà yǎo shé 。
He bites his tongue while talking.