shì

be fond of

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

耆 sound component

  Sound component

  

man of sixty

Evolution

嗜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嗜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shì

be fond of, have weakness for; addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile

Most common words with 嗜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

fond of

嗜好

hobby

嗜血

bloodthirsty

嗜酒如命

to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

嗜欲

lust