cì, sì
serve
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 伺
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to serve | ||
to wait for an opportunity | ||
to wait on | ||
computer server | ||
to spy upon |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.6750% of movies
2865th most common character in movies
2782nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+4F3A |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“伺，望也。从人，司聲。” |
Sources
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