shí

shrine

Evolution

祏 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

shí

shrine; stone shrine

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6380th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+794F

Shuowen

“祏,宗廟主也。周禮有郊宗石室。一曰大夫以石為主。从示,从石,石亦聲。”


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