shì
rely on
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 恃
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to bully | ||
self-esteem | ||
to rely on | ||
secure in the knowledge that one has backing | ||
to rely on |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]əʔ | dzyiX | shì | depend on |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3219th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6043 |
Shuowen | “恃,賴也。从心,寺聲。” |
Sources
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