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室

shì

room

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

至 sound component

至  Sound component

zhì

  

reach

Evolution

室 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
室 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
室 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

室  

shì

room, home, house, chamber; room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

室  

Shì

surname Shi

Most common words with 室
Freq.
Word
Meaning

办公室

office

室

room

实验室

laboratory

室内

indoor

卧室

bedroom

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

臺 屋

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

屋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.ti[t]

syit

shì

chamber; house


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 77.1104% of movies

368th most common character in movies

708th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5BA4

Shuowen

“室，實也。从宀，从至。至，所止也。”


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