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屎 (shǐ): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 7-9

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 屎

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How to write 屎 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 屎

屎 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Semi-Enclosed

屎

尸shī · corpse

屎=

4.

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5.

Example Sentences

yī医

shēng生

bāng帮

wǒ我

qīng清

lǐ理

le

Information

Pinyinshǐ

Meaningexcrement, feces

Strokes9

Radical尸

Traditional屎

StructureSemi-Enclosed

Frequency#2186

Zhuyinㄕˇ

UnicodeU+5C4E

CangjieSKI

尸shī · corpse

+米mǐ · rice

了

ěr耳

shǐ屎

。

The doctor cleaned my earwax for me

xiǎo小

xīn心

bié别

cǎi踩

dào到

gǒu狗

shǐ屎

。

Be careful not to step on dog poop

Xiǎo小

gǒu狗

zài在

cǎo草

dì地

shàng上

lā拉

le了

yī一

pāo泡

shǐ屎

。

The puppy defecated a pile of excrement on the grass.

shǐ屎

ke壳

làng郎

zài在

gǔn滚

fèn粪

qiú球

。

The dung beetle is rolling a dung ball

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Characters from the same exam level.

勾gōuto hook, to cancel, to tick
钩gōuhook
股gǔthigh, portion, share
故gùreason, cause; old, former
雇gùto hire, to employ
乖guāiobeident; well-behaved [child]

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Characters pronounced "shi".

轼shìhorizontal wooden bar in front
仕shìofficial; serve government
舐shito lick
虱shīlouse; bug; parasite
豕shipig
氏shìfamily name, clan

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Characters with radical "尸".

展zhǎnto open up, to spread out, to unfold
屡lǚrepeatedly, time and again
局júoffice, bureau, situation, part
尹yinYin (a Chinese surname)
屑xièscraps; crumbs
屈qūto bend, to submit, or to be wronged

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