嗜 — Chinese character
嗜
shì
addicted to, fond of, with a weakness for
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 口 耆
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 耆
- Japanese
- 嗜 as a kanji
Common words with 嗜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜好 | shì hào | hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction |
| 嗜血 | shì xuè | bloodthirsty; bloodsucking |
| 嗜酒如命 | shì jiǔ rú mìng | to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle |
| 嗜欲 (嗜慾) | shì yù | lust |
| 嗜杀成性 (嗜殺成性) | shì shā chéng xìng | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜杀 (嗜殺) | shì shā | to delight in killing; bloodthirsty |
| 嗜睡症 | shì shuì zhèng | hypersomnia; excessive sleepiness (medical) |
| 嗜血杆菌 (嗜血桿菌) | shì xuè gǎn jūn | hemophile bacteria; hemophilus |
| 嗜酸性球 | shì suān xìng qiú | eosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell) |
| 嗜碱性球 (嗜鹼性球) | shì jiǎn xìng qiú | basophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell) |
English words written with 嗜
嗜 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.