shì
be fond of
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 耆 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 嗜
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
fond of | ||
hobby | ||
bloodthirsty | ||
to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle | ||
lust |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ij-s | dzyijH | shì | enjoy |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.9885% of movies
2641st most common character in movies
2988th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+55DC |
Shuowen | “嗜，嗜欲，喜之也。从口，耆聲。” |
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