社	1027C25   63B.11-1	部居	畫數  7	ㄕㄜˋ [she4] .
N	(1)  God of the land: 社祭，社稷 [she4ji4]1,2↓. (2)  A club, group, corporation, business agency: 會社 (esp. Japanese) corporation; 音樂社，詩社 music club, poetry club; 旅行社 tourist agency; 通訊社 news agency; 服務社 service center or bureau; 報社，雜誌社 newspaper, magazine corporation. (3)  Day of sacrifice to the god of the land: 春社 spring sacrifice; 秋社 autumn sacrifice--occurring on the fifth 戊 day after 立春 and 立秋, see Appendix B.
Words	1.社會 [she4hui4], n., society: 上流社會 upper-class society; 社會心理，教育 social psychology, education; 社會現象 social phenomena; 社會學 sociology; 社會主義 socialism; 社會福利 social welfare; 社會賢達 community leaders.  2.社火 [she4huo3], n., festival of “beginning of spring” (see 立春 60.30).  3.社長 [she4zhang3], n., chief of agency, club, corporation, see N.2↑.  4.社交 [she4jiao1], n., social intercourse, life: 社交界 men and women active in social life; 社交性 gregarious instinct, sociability.  5.社祭 [she4ji4]1, n., sacrifice to the god of land.  6.社稷 [she4ji4]2, n., (1)  orig. the god of grains; (2)  generally, the state, the nation: 社稷之前途 the future of the state; 社稷所賴 the mainstay of the country and the people; 社稷之臣 a pillar of the state; 社稷壇 altar to the god of grains and the soil.  7.社論 [she4lun4], n,. editorial comment.  8.社廟 [she4miao4], n., temple to the god of the land.  9.社評 [she4ping2], n., editorial comment.  10.社日 [she4ri4], n., see N.3↑.  11.社鼠 [she4shu3], n., “temple rats”: 城狐社鼠 those who prey upon the people and fatten themselves.  12.社倉 [she4cang1], n., formerly, public granary.  13.社團 [she4tuan2], n., (1)  a corporation, a corporate body; (2)  any social group.  14.社土 [she4tu3], n., (AC) feudal state given to a prince.  15.社友 [she4you3], n., a club member.  16.社員 [she4yUan2], n., ditto.