Chinese Character Wiki
昰

shì

is

Variant form of 是.

Components
旦 unknown component

旦  Unknown component

dàn

  

dawn

The purpose of this component is unclear.

止 sound component

止  Sound component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

昰 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

昰  

shì

variant of 'to be'; summer; name

是 (昰) 

shì

variant of 是[shì]; (used in given names)

Most common words with 昰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

是

is

就是

precisely

但是

but

还是

or

不是

no

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 100.0000% of movies

4th most common character in movies

3rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+6630

Shuowen

“是，直也。从日、正。昰，籀文是，从古文正。”


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