shí
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) truly; really; indeed
  2. 2 (classical) this; old form of 实 (real, solid)

Examples

Shí fán yǒu tú.
Such people are indeed many.

Tips

history
is not used independently in modern Chinese. In classical texts it means 'truly / this' and is interchangeable with ; the set phrase 'such people are indeed many' preserves it. It also appears as a personal-name character.
register
Classical / literary only — seen in old texts and idioms, not in everyday speech; modern equivalent is .

Components

radical
mián
roof; cover (top radical)
The roof radical caps the character, the same 'roof / under cover' element seen in and . Here it mirrors the structure of , the standard character stands in for.
phonetic
shì
to be; this
Under the roof sits (to be; this), giving the sound — shì to shí — and reinforcing the 'this / indeed' meaning, since itself can mean 'this'. So it works as both sound and faint meaning hint.

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Stroke Order

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