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示

shì

show

Depicts a memorial tablet used for spiritual rituals.

Evolution

示 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
示 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
示 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

示  

shì

show, manifest; demonstrate; to show; to reveal

Most common words with 示
Freq.
Word
Meaning

表示

to express

显示

to show

展示

to reveal

暗示

to hint

提示

to point out

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (3 verified)

宗 禁 祭 禦 奈 祟

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

眎 佘

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

柰

Simplified component in 3 characters (3 verified)

际 标 禀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-gijʔ-s

zyijH

shì

show (v.)

*ke-s

tsyeH

zhì

put (= 寘)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 63.2388% of movies

665th most common character in movies

425th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+793A

Shuowen

“示，天垂象，見吉凶，所以示人也。从二；三垂，日、月、星也。觀乎天文以察時變，示，神事也。，古文示。”


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