shì

horizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair

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

Components
车 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

式 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

style

Evolution

轼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shì

horizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair; crossbar in carriage front

Most common words with 轼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

crossbar in carriage front

苏轼

Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Sū​Dōng​pō] northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher