Chinese Character Wiki

笥

sì

a hamper

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

bamboo

司 sound component

司  Sound component

sī

  

take charge of

Evolution

笥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
笥 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
笥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

笥  

sì

a hamper, wicker basket; square bamboo container for food or clothing

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4674th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+7B25

Shuowen

“笥，飯及衣之器也。从竹，司聲。”


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