shì

test

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

式 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

style

Evolution

试 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
试 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
试 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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shì

test, try, experiment; to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

Most common words with 试
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to test

考试

exam

测试

test

试验

test

试图

to attempt