施 shī to grant; to give; to bestow
Made up of [方 fāng square; honest; upright radical 70, 也 yě also; and ]Made with 9 strokes.
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Also uses 方 fāng component: 放 fàng (let go) 访 fǎng (to visit) 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) 仿 fǎng (to imitate) 房 fáng (house) 防 fáng (to protect) 旅 lǚ (trip) 族 zú (clan)
Also uses 也 yě component: 地 dì (earth) 他 tā (he) 她 tā (she)
Sounds same
狮 shī (lion) 师 shī 失 shī (to lose) 尸 shī (corpse) 诗 shī (poem)Different tone
十 shí (ten) 时 shí (time) 石 shí (rock) 实 shí (real) 饣 shí (food) 食 shí (eat) 史 shǐ (history) 始 shǐ (to begin) 矢 shǐ (arrow) 豕 shǐ (pig) 是 shì (is) 事 shì (matter) 市 shì (market) 世 shì (life) 礻 shì (spirit) 士 shì (bachelor) 氏 shì (clan name) 示 shì (to show) 室 shì (room)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
东施效颦 dōng shī xiaò pín The story is of Dong Shi, an ugly person imitating the posture of famous beautiful woman Xi Shi ➚ by knitting his eyebrows情人眼里出西施 qíng ren yǎn lǐ chū xī shī Beauty is in the eye of the beholder