Chinese Character Wiki
式

shì

style

Phonosemantic compound. 工 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components
工 meaning component

工  Meaning component

gōng

  

work

弋 sound component

弋  Sound component

yì

  

to shoot

Evolution

式 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

式  

shì

style, system, formula, rule; type; form; pattern; style

Most common words with 式
Freq.
Word
Meaning

方式

way

正式

formal

式

type

模式

mode

形式

form

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)

試 试 軾 轼 拭 弑 弒

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ək

syik

shì

pattern

*l̥ək

syik

shì

to wipe


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 72.4171% of movies

542nd most common character in movies

303rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5F0F

Shuowen

“式，法也。从工，弋聲。”


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