Pronunciation

Characters pronounced shi.

43 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 43 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

世 shì generation; world; era 事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident 侍 shì serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai 势 shì strong power, force; tendency 嗜 shì be fond of, have weakness for 士 shì warm · scholarly · classic scholar, gentleman; soldier 室 shì natural room, home, house, chamber; 13th lunar mansion, determinative star α Pegasi (Markab) 市 shì market, fair; city, town; trade 式 shì style, system, formula, rule 恃 shì rely on, presume on, trust to 拭 shì wipe away stains with cloth 是 shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that 柿 shì persimmon 氏 shì clan, family; mister 示 shì show, manifest; demonstrate; Kangxi radical 113 视 shì look at, inspect, observe, see 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath 试 shì test, try, experiment 适 shì go, reach; appropriate, suitable 逝 shì pass away; die 释 shì interpret, elucidate; release 饰 shì decorate, ornament, adorn 十 shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect 实 shí real, true; honest, sincere 拾 shí pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten 时 shí natural time, season; era, age, period 石 shí stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112 蚀 shí nibble away; erode; eclipse 识 shí recognize, understand, know 食 shí eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184 失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect 尸 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44 师 shī scholarly teacher, master, specialist 施 shī grant, bestow; give; act; name 湿 shī wet, moist, humid, damp; illness 狮 shī lion 诗 shī artistic poetry; poem, verse, ode 使 shǐ cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador 史 shǐ history, chronicle, annals 始 shǐ natural · artistic begin, start; then, only then 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung 矢 shǐ artistic arrow, dart; vow, swear 驶 shǐ sail, drive, pilot; fast, quick