仕 — Chinese character
仕
shì
official; to serve in the government
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 亻 士
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 士
- Japanese
- 仕 as a kanji
Common words with 仕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕途 | shì tú | official career (formal) |
| 仕女 | shì nǚ | court lady; palace maid |
| 致仕 | zhì shì | to retire from a government post (old) |
| 入仕 | rù shì | (literary) to become an official |
| 仕宦 | shì huàn | (literary) to serve as an official |
| 出仕 | chū shì | to take up an official post |
| 卡仕达 (卡仕達) | kǎ shì dá | (loanword) custard |
仕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 8 · Mencius 29 · Zhuangzi 6
- Analects 5.5
- Analects 5.18
- Analects 15.6
- Analects 17.1
- Analects 18.7
- Analects 19.13
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.5
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