shì room; work unit; grave

Made up of [ mián roof radical 40, zhì to arrive; most; to radical 133]
Made with 9 strokes.
Suggests arriving at a place under a roof - a room

Related characters


Also uses mián component: ān (peace) bǎo (jewel) ; dìng (to set) ; (rich) ; gōng (palace) ; guān (official) ; hán (cold) ; jiā (house) ; (customer) ; nìng (better) ; róng (to hold) ; shí (real) ; song (Song) ; (it) ; xué (cave) ; (proper) ; yuàn (courtyard) ; zāi (disaster) ; (letter)
Also uses zhì component: dào (arrive) (house) ; zhì (to send)

Sounds same

shì (is) ; shì (matter) ; shì (market) ; shì (life) ; shì (spirit) ; shì (bachelor) ; shì (clan name) ; shì (to show)

Different tone

shī (lion) ; shī ; shī (to lose) ; shī (corpse) ; shī (poem) ; shī (to grant) ; shí (ten) ; shí (time) ; shí (rock) ; shí (real) ; shí (food) ; shí (eat) ; shǐ (history) ; shǐ (to begin) ; shǐ (arrow) ; shǐ (pig)

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Pronunciation

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