仕
to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,238 U+4ED5
How 仕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 士 (phonetic, shì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 士
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 士 (shì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 士 sound component | shì | scholar, gentleman; soldier |
| 悫 | què | modest; sincere |
Words containing 仕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学而优则仕 | xué ér yōu zé shì | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) |
| 爱马仕 | Ài mǎ shì | Hermès (brand) |
| 卡仕达 | kǎ shì dá | (loanword) custard |
| 出仕 | chū shì | to take up an official post |
| 仕女 | shì nǚ | court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women |
| 入仕 | rù shì | (literary) to become an official |
| 致仕 | zhì shì | to retire from a government post (old) |
| 仕途 | shì tú | official career (formal) |
| 仕宦 | shì huàn | (literary) to serve as an official |