shī

poetry

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

寺 sound component

  Sound component

  

temple

Evolution

诗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诗 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诗 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shī

poetry; poem, verse, ode; poem; CL:[shǒu]; verse

() 

Shī

abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shī​jīng], the Book of Songs

Most common words with 诗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

poem

诗人

bard

诗歌

poem

诗意

poetry

史诗

an epic