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Mythic Mandarin

室 (shì): meaning and stroke order

室 (shì) means room, work unit, grave, scabbard, family or clan.

室

Simplified
室
Traditional
室 (same form)
Pinyin
shì

Stroke order of 室

室

  • Shì surname Shi
  • shì room; work unit
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 室

  1. shì
    • room
    • work unit
    • grave
    • scabbard
    • family or clan
    • one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
  2. Shì
    • surname Shi

Radical and structure

室
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 9 strokes · 宀 on top, 至 below

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 室

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).