施
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #841 U+65BD
How 施 is formed
How to remember it
execute · Heisig RSH #875
banner + scorpion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 施 as their sound component
These characters all use 施 (shī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施 sound component | shī | to grant, to bestow; to act; surname |
| 暆 | yí | declining (as of the sun) |
Words containing 施
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情人眼里有西施 | qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī | In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder |
| 情人眼里出西施 | qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī | lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the… |
| 无法可施 | wú fǎ kě shī | nothing can be done (about it) |
| 无计可施 | wú jì kě shī | (lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom); (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end |
| 施泰尔马克 | Shī tài ěr mǎ kè | Styria (Steiermark), province of Austria |
| 施罗德 | Shī luó dé | (name) Schröder; Gerhard Schröder (1944–), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998–2005 |
| 施明德 | Shī Míng dé | Shih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under … |
| 马哈拉施特拉邦 | Mǎ hā lā shī tè lā bāng | Maharashtra (state in India) |
| 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu | Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 施事者 | shī shì zhě | (linguistics) agent; doer |
| 施工单位 | shī gōng dān wèi | unit in charge of construction; builder |
| 乐施会 | Lè shī huì | Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) |
| 施特劳斯 | Shī tè láo sī | Strauss (name); Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer; Richard Strauss (1864-1949)… |
| 施主能级 | shī zhǔ néng jí | donor level (semiconductor) |
| 施密特 | Shī mì tè | (surname) Schmidt or Schmitt |
| 发号施令 | fā hào shī lìng | to boss people around (idiom) |
| 哈里森·施密特 | Hā lǐ sēn · Shī mì tè | Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut) |
| 施行 | shī xíng | to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect |
| 古斯塔夫·施特雷泽曼 | Gǔ sī tǎ fū · Shī tè léi zé màn | Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic) |
| 西施 | Xī shī | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4… |