Usage of the character 社

Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動／新文化运动 ( Xīn Wénhuà Yùndòng), continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會／新剧同志会 ( Xīnjù Tóngzhìhuì)

Fèibiānshè

费边社

[費邊社]

Fabian Society

hézuòshè

合作社

[合作社]

cooperative
workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc

fǎnshèhuì

反社会

[反社會]

antisocial (behavior)

Rénshèbù

人社部

[人社部]

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC)
abbr. for 人力資源和社會保障部／人力资源和社会保障部

Fǎxīnshè

法新社

[法新社]

Agence France Presse
AFP news agency

wúxiàoshèjiāo

无效社交

[無效社交]

unproductive social interaction

shèhuìfúwù

社会服务

[社會服務]

social services

shèhuìhuánjìng

社会环境

[社會環境]

social environment; milieu

shèhuìjīngjì

社会经济

[社會經濟]

socio-economic

shìmínshèhuì

市民社会

[市民社會]

civil society (law)

gōngmínshèhuì

公民社会

[公民社會]

civil society

shèshǔchénghú

社鼠城狐

[社鼠城狐]

lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people

shèhuìkēxué

社会科学

[社會科學]

social sciences

Jiǔsān Xuéshè

九三学社

[九三學社]

Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP

shèjiāoméitǐ

社交媒体

[社交媒體]

social media

shèhuìpíngděng

社会平等

[社會平等]

social equality

xiǎokāngshèhuì

小康社会

[小康社會]

society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met

Bālí Gōngshè

巴黎公社

[巴黎公社]

Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic

shèhuìbǎozhàng

社会保障

[社會保障]

social security

shèhuìbǎoxiǎn

社会保险

[社會保險]

social security (abbr. to 社保 (shèbào))

qínjiǎnbànshè

勤俭办社

[勤儉辦社]

to manage communes diligently and thriftily

mǔxìshèhuì

母系社会

[母系社會]

matrilineality

shèhuìxíngdòng

社会行动

[社會行動]

social actions

shèhuìshìyè

社会事业

[社會事業]

social enterprise

mìmìhuìshè

秘密会社

[秘密會社]

a secret society

shèhuìjiēcéng

社会阶层

[社會階層]

social class

guójìshèhuì

国际社会

[國際社會]

the international community

shèhuìmínzhǔ

社会民主

[社會民主]

social democracy

shèhuìróngzī

社会融资

[社會融資]

private (non-government) financing

kuāngfúshèjì

匡扶社稷

[匡扶社稷]

(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country

shèhuìguānxì

社会关系

[社會關係]

social relation

fēngjiànshèhuì

封建社会

[封建社會]

feudal society

zàofúshèqún

造福社群

[造福社群]

to benefit the community

Jìngguó Shénshè

靖国神社

[靖國神社]

Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals

rénwénshèkē

人文社科

[人文社科]

(abbr.) humanities and social sciences

shèhuìtuántǐ

社会团体

[社會團體]

social group
community organization

zhūshìhuìshè

株式会社

[株式會社]

Japanese limited company
corporation
public company
Ltd
p.l.c.
Corp
Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha

shèjiāoyǔyán

社交语言

[社交語言]

lingua franca

shèhuìhuódòng

社会活动

[社會活動]

social activity

shèhuìzhǔyì

社会主义

[社會主義]

socialism

Yándǎoshénshè

严岛神社

[嚴島神社]

Itsukujima shrine in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan

guìzúshèhuì

贵族社会

[貴族社會]

aristocracy

shèhuìmíngliú

社会名流

[社會名流]

celebrity; public figure

shèqúnméitǐ

社群媒体

[社群媒體]

social media (Tw)

núlìshèhuì

奴隶社会

[奴隸社會]

slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會／封建社会 in Marxist theory)

shèhuìzhèngyì

社会正义

[社會正義]

social justice

shàngliúshèhuì

上流社会

[上流社會]

upper class
high society

rénmíngōngshè

人民公社

[人民公社]

people's commune

jiéshèzìyóu

结社自由

[結社自由]

(constitutional) freedom of association

shèhuìgōngzuò

社会工作

[社會工作]

social work

shèhuìguānhuái

社会关怀

[社會關懷]

social care

yuánshǐshèhuì

原始社会

[原始社會]

primitive society

shèjiāocáinéng

社交才能

[社交才能]

social accomplishment

shèjiāowǎngzhàn

社交网站

[社交網站]

social networking site

shèhuìděngjí

社会等级

[社會等級]

social rank; class; caste

shèjiāoniúbīzhèng

社交牛逼症

[社交牛逼症]

(neologism c. 2021) gregariousness
facility in social interaction
confidence in social settings

shèhuìgōngzuòzhě

社会工作者

[社會工作者]

social worker

shèjiāokǒngjùzhèng

社交恐惧症

[社交恐懼症]

social phobia
social anxiety

Sūliánzhīyǒushè

苏联之友社

[蘇聯之友社]

Soviet Union friendly society

shèhuìzǒngxūqiú

社会总需求

[社會總需求]

aggregate social demand
total requirement of society

rénmíngōngshèhuà

人民公社化

[人民公社化]

collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)

Péngbó Xīnwénshè

彭博新闻社

[彭博新聞社]

Bloomberg News

Rìběn Gòngtóngshè

日本共同社

[日本共同社]

Kyōdō, Japanese news agency

Zhōngguó Xīnwénshè

中国新闻社

[中國新聞社]

China News Service

Péngbó Tōngxùnshè

彭博通讯社

[彭博通訊社]

Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company

Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng

社会民主党

[社會民主黨]

Social Democratic Party

fǎnshèhuìxíngwéi

反社会行为

[反社會行為]

antisocial behavior

Hézhòng Guójìshè

合众国际社

[合眾國際社]

United Press International (UPI)

shèhuìyǔyánxué

社会语言学

[社會語言學]

sociolinguistics

shèhuìzhǔyìzhě

社会主义者

[社會主義者]

socialist

qǐyèshèhuìzérèn

企业社会责任

[企業社會責任]

corporate social responsibility (CSR)

shèhuìmínzhǔzhǔyì

社会民主主义

[社會民主主義]

social democracy

guójiāshèhuìzhǔyì

国家社会主义

[國家社會主義]

national socialism
Nazism

kōngxiǎngshèhuìzhǔyì

空想社会主义

[空想社會主義]

utopian socialism

rénwénshèhuìxuékē

人文社会学科

[人文社會學科]

humanities and social sciences

shèhuìxìnyòngtǐxì

社会信用体系

[社會信用體系]

social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior

shèhuìgōnggònglìyì

社会公共利益

[社會公共利益]

public interest

mínzúshèhuìzhǔyì

民族社会主义

[民族社會主義]

national socialism
Nazism

nóngyèshēngchǎnhézuòshè

农业生产合作社

[農業生產合作社]

agricultural producers' cooperative

Měiguó Liánhé Tōngxùnshè

美国联合通讯社

[美國聯合通訊社]

Associated Press (AP)
abbr. to 美聯社／美联社 ( Měi Liánshè)

Guójì Wénchuán Diànxùnshè

国际文传电讯社

[國際文傳電訊社]

Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency

Cháoxiǎn Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè

朝鲜中央通讯社

[朝鮮中央通訊社]

North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
abbr. to 朝中社 ( Cháozhōngshè)

Déguó Tǒngyī Shèhuìdǎng

德国统一社会党

[德國統一社會黨]

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxuéyuàn

中国社会科学院

[中國社會科學院]

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Hánguó Liánhé Tōngxùnshè

韩国联合通讯社

[韓國聯合通訊社]

Yonghap (South Korean news agency)

Guójìwénchuántōngxùnshè

国际文传通讯社

[國際文傳通訊社]

Interfax News Agency

shèhuì Dá'ěrwénzhǔyì

社会达尔文主义

[社會達爾文主義]

social Darwinism

tǒngyīshèhuìxìnyòngdàimǎ

统一社会信用代码

[統一社會信用代碼]

unified social credit identifier, the VAT identification number of a business or organization

Shèhuì Zhǔyì Jiàoyù Yùndòng

社会主义教育运动

[社會主義教育運動]

Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動／四清运动 ( Sìqīng Yùndòng)

Zhōngguótèsèshèhuìzhǔyì

中国特色社会主义

[中國特色社會主義]

socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era

Zhōngguó Dà Bǎikē Quánshū Chūbǎnshè

中国大百科全书出版社

[中國大百科全書出版社]

Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

Sūwéi'āi Shèhuìzhǔyì Gònghéguó Liánméng

苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟

[蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991
abbr. to 蘇聯／苏联 ( Sūlián) Soviet Union

jīngjìshèhuìjíwénhuàquánlìguójìgōngyuē

经济社会及文化权利国际公约

[經濟社會及文化權利國際公約]

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)