峙 (shì): used in 繁峙, a county in Shanxi

Meanings

繁峙县位于山西东北部。

Fánshì xiàn wèiyú Shānxī dōngběibù.

Fanshi County is in northeastern Shanxi.

usage

The shì reading exists only in the place name 繁峙 (a county in Shanxi). Everywhere else this character is read zhì.

radical

山 shān

mountain

山 is the mountain radical. The core image is a peak standing tall and erect, so the mountain radical carries the meaning directly.

phonetic

寺 sì

temple; phonetic

寺 supplies the sound (sì shifting to zhì). It belongs to a phonetic family shared with characters like 时 and 持, and adds no meaning here.

峙 shì