shì

to ask

Evolution

㱁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㱁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
㱁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
㱁 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

 

shì

to ask; to inquire; to investigate, (same as ) sincerity; article, item, etc., to entertain, slowly

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+3C41

Shuowen

“,意有所欲也。从欠,祟欠省。歀,或从柰。”


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