shì
wipe away stains with cloth
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 式 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 拭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see | ||
to wipe clean | ||
to wipe | ||
to wipe off | ||
to wipe one's eyes |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥ək | syik | shì | to wipe |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.3867% of movies
2969th most common character in movies
3337th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+62ED |
Sources
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