Dong Chinese dictionary

shī

wet

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 显 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濕.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

显 Sound component

xiǎn

evident, make visible, clear

湿 and 显 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

shī

wet, moist, humid, damp; an illness; moist; wet

shī

variant of 濕|湿[shī]

Most common words with 湿

Sources