Chinese Character Wiki
司

sī

take charge of

Depicts using a scepter and a mouth (口) to command or take control of something.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a scepter.

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Alludes to speaking to take control of something.

Evolution

司 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
司 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
司 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
司 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

司  

sī

take charge of, control, manage; officer; to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)

司  

Sī

surname Si

Most common words with 司
Freq.
Word
Meaning

公司

company

司机

chauffeur

司

to manage

有限公司

limited company

司法

judicial

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

詞 词 嗣 飼 饲 伺 祠 笥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-lə

si

sī

superintend


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 61.4769% of movies

435th most common character in movies

278th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+53F8

Shuowen

“司，臣司事於外者。从反后。”


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