Dong Chinese dictionary

shì

look at

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 示 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù

eye

示 Sound component

shì

show

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shì

look at, inspect, observe, see

shì

variant of 視|视[shì]; variant of 示[shì]

Most common words with 眎

Sources