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斯

sī

this

Original meaning: 

cut

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "cut". Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

Components
斤 meaning component

斤  Meaning component

jīn

  

axe

其 sound component

其  Sound component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

斯 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
斯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斯  

sī

this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle; (phonetic); this

斯  

Sī

Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī​luò​fá​kè]

Most common words with 斯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斯

this

俄罗斯

Russia

巴勒斯坦

Palestine

莫斯科

Moscow, capital of Russia

巴基斯坦

Pakistan

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

撕 嘶 厮 廝 澌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]e

sje

sī

split (v.)

*[s]e

sje

sī

this

*se

sje

sī

斯須 a short time


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 66.2502% of movies

134th most common character in movies

168th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+65AF

Shuowen

“斯，析也。从斤，其聲。《詩》曰：‘斧以斯之。’”


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