Chinese Character Wiki
士

shì

scholar, soldier

Original meaning: 

soldier

Pictograph of the head of an axe. Used to represent a soldier.

Evolution

士 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
士 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
士 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

士  

shì

scholar, gentleman; soldier; member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker

士  

Shì

surname Shi

Most common words with 士
Freq.
Word
Meaning

女士

lady

人士

person

博士

doctor

士兵

soldier

战士

fighter

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (3 verified)

壮 壯 毐

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

在 志 仕 悫

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

吉

Unknown component in 3 characters (0 verified)

毂 轂 觳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m-s-]rəʔ

dzriX

shì

officer; gentleman


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 83.5816% of movies

247th most common character in movies

372nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+58EB

Shuowen

“士，事也。數始於一，終於十。从一，从十。孔子曰：‘推十合一為士。’”


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