⽰

spirit

shì (shi4)

Radical no. 113 · 5 strokes (第 113 部首 · 5 画 dì 113 bùshǒu · 5 huà)

Radical ⽰ (shì) — meaning: spirit, 5 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from the image of an altar or shrine in seal script and oracle-bone script. It represents a table or platform used for offerings to spirits, giving it the meaning of "spirit" or "divine."

Mnemonic: An altar table with vertical strokes at the top—where we show reverence to the divine.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

39 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

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Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 票piào

    ticket

    HSK 1

    11 strokes

  • 祭jì

    to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors)

    HSK 7

    11 strokes

  • 祸huò

    disaster

    11 strokes

  • 祦wú

    happy

    11 strokes

  • 祲jīn

    evil force

    11 strokes

  • 祷dǎo

    prayer

    11 strokes

  • 祺qí

    (literary) good luck; good fortune

    12 strokes

  • 祻gù

    variant of 禍|祸, disaster

    12 strokes

  • 祼guàn

    pour out libation

    12 strokes

  • 禄lù

    good fortune

    12 strokes

  • 禂dǎo

    to pray

    12 strokes

  • 禅chán

    dhyana (Sanskrit)

    12 strokes

  • 禇chǔ

    erroneous form of 褚

    12 strokes

  • 福fú

    good fortune

    HSK 3

    13 strokes

  • 禁jìn

    to prohibit

    13 strokes

  • 禔tí

    well-being

    13 strokes

  • 禀bǐng

    to make a report (to a superior)

    13 strokes

  • 禊xì

    semiannual ceremony of purification

    13 strokes

  • 禋yīn

    sacrifice

    13 strokes

  • 祯zhēn

    auspicious

    13 strokes

  • 祎yī

    excellent

    13 strokes

  • 禖méi

    heir-requesting sacrifice

    13 strokes

  • 禘dì

    imperial ancestral sacrifice

    13 strokes

  • 禚zhuó

    place name

    14 strokes

  • 禛zhēn

    to receive blessings in a sincere spirit

    14 strokes

  • 禝jì

    old variant of 稷[ji4]

    14 strokes

  • 禠sī

    felicity

    14 strokes

  • 祃mà

    (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war

    14 strokes

  • 禢Tà

    surname Ta

    14 strokes

  • 禥qí

    old variant of 祺[qi2]

    15 strokes

  • 禤Xuān

    surname Xuan

    15 strokes

  • 禫tǎn

    sacrifice at the end of mourning

    16 strokes

  • 禧xǐ

    joy

    16 strokes

  • 禨jī

    omen

    16 strokes

  • 礼lǐ

    gift

    HSK 5

    17 strokes

  • 御yù

    (bound form) imperial; royal

    17 strokes

  • 祢mí

    memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father

    18 strokes

  • 禳ráng

    sacrifice for avoiding calamity

    21 strokes

  • 禴yuè

    spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

    21 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.