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Mythic Mandarin

施 (shī): meaning and stroke order

施 (shī) means (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc), to distribute (alms etc).

施

Simplified
施
Traditional
施 (same form)
Pinyin
shī

Stroke order of 施

施

  • Shī surname Shi
  • shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 施

  1. shī
    • (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)
    • to distribute (alms etc)
    • to apply (fertilizer etc)
  2. Shī
    • surname Shi

Radical and structure

施
Radical 方 (Kangxi radical 70) · 9 strokes · 方 on the left, 㐌 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 施

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).