诗 shī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
诗词
shīcí
poetry
Characters in this word
词 cí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 司 to take charge of, to control, to manage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 爷爷喜欢朗读古代诗词，尤其欣赏其中的节奏和意境。 Yéye xǐhuan lǎngdú gǔdài shīcí, yóuqí xīnshǎng qízhōng de jiézòu hé yìjìng. Grandad likes reading ancient poetry aloud and especially appreciates its rhythm and imagery.
- 她从小喜欢诗词，常常自己写几句。 Tā cóngxiǎo xǐhuan shīcí, chángcháng zìjǐ xiě jǐ jù. She has loved poetry since childhood and often writes a few lines herself.
- 这本书收集了不少关于月亮的诗词。 Zhè běn shū shōují le bù shǎo guānyú yuèliang de shīcí. This book collects quite a few poems about the moon.