shì

bite

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

筮 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

divination with stalks of plants

Evolution

噬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shì

bite; gnaw; snap at; to devour; to bite

Most common words with 噬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吞噬

to swallow

to devour

噬菌体

phage