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Mythic Mandarin

司 (sī): meaning and stroke order

司 (sī) means to take charge of, to manage, department (under a ministry), surname Si.

司

Simplified
司
Traditional
司 (same form)
Pinyin
sī

Stroke order of 司

司

  • Sī surname Si
  • sī to take charge of; to manage
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 司

  1. sī
    • to take charge of
    • to manage
    • department (under a ministry)
  2. Sī
    • surname Si

Radical and structure

司
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · built from 𠃌 and 𠮛

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 司

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).