Ideographic: To wade 步 through a stream 氵Radical:

meaning for shè:

  • - to wade
  • - to be involved
  • - to concern
  • - to experience
  • - to enter (classical)to involve
  • - to touch upon (a topic)to interfere
  • - to meddle
  • - interferenceto be a suspect (in a crime)
  • - to be suspected ofto negotiate (with)
  • - to have dealings (with)(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case