YellowBridge Chinese Language & Culture
Chinese Language Center

Learn Mandarin Mandarin Chinese Character Etymology

shí
Character Formation
Definition ten, tenth; complete; perfect; Kangxi radical 24
Formation
Method
  1. (指事) Indicative. Originally represented by a vertical line, the horizontal line being added later.
Character Decomposition
Expand all | Collapse all
Legend |
Non-phonetic Component of …
Sign-in
Phonetic Component of …
Sign-in
This character is also a phonetic component, i.e., it supplies the pronunciation part of characters that consist of a phonetic and a signific component.
Wildcard: Use * as placeholder for 0 or more
Chinese characters or pinyin syllables

See also