Chinese Character Wiki
市

shì

market

Origin unclear. 止 represents the sound.

Components
止 sound component

止  Sound component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

兮 unknown component

兮  Unknown component

xī

  

exclamatory particle

The original purpose of this component is unclear.

Evolution

市 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
市 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
市 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

市  

shì

market, fair; city, town; trade; market; city; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 市
Freq.
Word
Meaning

城市

city

市场

marketplace

市

market

市长

mayor

市民

city resident

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

鬧 闹

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

柿 铈

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.[d]əʔ

dzyiX

shì

market (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 57.2001% of movies

623rd most common character in movies

254th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5E02

Shuowen

“市，買賣所之也。市有垣，从冂，从乁。乁，古文及，象物相及也。之省聲。”


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