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適

shì

suitable, to fit

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 啻 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

啻 sound component

啻  Sound component

chì

  

only

Evolution

適 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

适 (適) 

shì

match, comfortable; just; to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue

适 (適) 

Shì

surname Shi

Most common words with 適
Freq.
Word
Meaning

适合

to fit

合适

suitable

适应

to adapt

适当

suitable

舒适

cozy

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

擿

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

擿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-tek

syek

shì

scared

*s-tek

syek

shì

go to

*tek

tsyek

shì

go to


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 57.9369% of movies

782nd most common character in movies

663rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

适

Unicode

U+9069

Shuowen

“適，之也。从辵，啻聲。適，宋、魯語。”


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