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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