施 shī to grant; to give; to bestow
Made up of [方 fāng square; honest; upright radical 70, 也 yě also; and ]Made with 9 strokes.
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Also uses 方 fāng component: 放 fàng (let go) 访 fǎng (to visit) ; 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 房 fáng (house) ; 防 fáng (to protect) ; 旅 lǚ (trip) ; 族 zú (clan)
Also uses 也 yě component: 地 dì (earth) 他 tā (he) ; 她 tā (she)
Sounds same
狮 shī (lion) ; 师 shī ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 尸 shī (corpse) ; 诗 shī (poem)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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Proverbs
东施效颦 dōng shī xiaò pín The story is of Dong Shi, an ugly person imitating the posture of famous beautiful woman Xi Shi ➚ by knitting his eyebrows情人眼里出西施 qíng ren yǎn lǐ chū xī shī Beauty is in the eye of the beholder