什 (shí): meaning and stroke order
什 (shí) means ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc), assorted, miscellaneous, what.
什
- Simplified
- 什
- Traditional
- 什 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shí · shén
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Stroke order of 什
什
- shén what
- shí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 什
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shí
- ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
- assorted
- miscellaneous
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shén
- what
Radical and structure
- 什
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 4 strokes · 亻 on the left, 十 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 什
- 什么 shén me what?; something; anything
- 干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 为什么 wèi shén me why?; for what reason?
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).