诗 shī poem; poetry; verse
Made up of [讠 yán words radical 149, 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque ]A measure word to use for this noun: 句 jù
Alternative traditional form of character: 詩
Made with 8 strokes.
The speech radical on the left is the classifier, the temple character 'si' provides rough phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 讠 yán component: 诞 dàn (birth) 访 fǎng (to visit) 话 huà (speech) 记 jì (to record) 谜 mí (riddle) 请 qǐng (please) 谁 shéi (who) 说 shuō (to speak) 诉 sù (to complain) 谢 xiè (thanks) 语 yǔ (language)
Sounds same
狮 shī (lion) 师 shī 失 shī (to lose) 尸 shī (corpse) 施 shī (to grant)Different tone
十 shí (ten) 时 shí (time) 石 shí (rock) 实 shí (real) 饣 shí (food) 食 shí (eat) 史 shǐ (history) 始 shǐ (to begin) 矢 shǐ (arrow) 豕 shǐ (pig) 是 shì (is) 事 shì (matter) 市 shì (market) 世 shì (life) 礻 shì (spirit) 士 shì (bachelor) 氏 shì (clan name) 示 shì (to show) 室 shì (room)Pronunciation
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