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侍

shì

to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai

🔤 Pictophonetic: 亻 (person) provides meaning, 寺 provides pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Common (19%)

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Component Breakdown

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court, office; temple, monastery

⿰亻寺 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

sì

寺

court, office; temple, monastery

💡 Ideographic: An offering 土 in your hand 寸

6 strokes HSK 6

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

cùn

寸

inch; small, tiny

💡 Ideographic: A hand with a dot indicating where the pulse can be felt, about an inch up the wrist

3 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 侍 (17)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

侍 ↗

shì

to serve / to attend upon

shì

侍 ↗

to serve / to attend upon

服侍 ↗

fúshi

to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written [[伏侍]], see also [[服事<fúshì>]]

fúshi

服侍 ↗

to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written [[伏侍]], see also [[服事<fúshì>]]

to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs

shìfèng

侍奉 ↗

to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs

侍候 ↗

shìhòu

to serve / to wait upon

shìhòu

侍候 ↗

to serve / to wait upon

ancient official title / assistant minister

shìláng

侍郎 ↗

ancient official title / assistant minister

侍立 ↗

shìlì

to stand by in attendance

shìlì

侍立 ↗

to stand by in attendance

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