A field or charge is said to be semé, or occasionally powdered, if it is covered with small objects, spaced in a regular pattern. The most common semé pattern if gutté or teardrop shaped objects, patterns of which have specific names based on their color.

Other common semé pattern illustrated here include: semé de lis (a pattern of small fleur-de-lis), billetté (a pattern of small rectangles), and crusilly (any pattern of small crosses). In addition to those semé pattern illustrated here, one might encounter the following more rarely seen patterns:

pattern of...		heraldic name
bezants castles lions rampant nails roses	= = = = =	besanté chastelé semé de lioncels ferreté semé de rosettes

semé de lis	billetté		crusilly
gouttes or gutté
gutté d'eau (water; argent)	gutté d'or (gold; or)	gutté de larmes (tears; azure)	gutté de sang (blood; gules)
gutté de poix (pitch; sable) gutté d'huile (oil; vert)