shī

grant, bestow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
㫃 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǎn

  

flags flying

也 sound component

  Sound component

  

also

Evolution

施 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
施 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
施 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shī

grant, bestow; give; act; name; to grant; to give; to bestow; to act; to carry out

 

Shī

surname Shi

Most common words with 施
Freq.
Word
Meaning

实施

to implement

措施

measure

设施

facilities

to grant

施工

construction

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥aj

sye

shī

give, bestow


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 29.7613% of movies

1212th most common character in movies

553rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+65BD

Shuowen

“施,旗皃。从,也聲。亝欒施字子旗,知施者旗也。”


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