Dong Chinese dictionary

shì

look at

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.

Components

見 Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn

see

礻 Sound component

shì

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shì

look at, inspect, observe, see; to look at; to regard; to inspect

Most common words with 視

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