shì
bite
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]e[t]-s | dzyejH | shì | bite (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.3066% of movies
2938th most common character in movies
3228th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+566C |
Shuowen | “噬,啗也;喙也。从口,筮聲。” |
Sources
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