恃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shì

rely on

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

寺 Sound component

sì

temple

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shì

rely on, presume on, trust to; to rely on; mother (formal)

Most common words with 恃

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	恃强凌弱	to bully
	自恃	self-esteem
	恃	to rely on
	有恃无恐	secure in the knowledge that one has backing
	仗恃	to rely on

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[d]əʔ	dzyiX	shì	depend on

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3219th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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