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1.

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Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 诗 — animated stroke order

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2.

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诗 stroke order diagram

3.

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诗=讠speech+寺temple

Words (讠) spoken in a temple (寺) — a poem or ode, originally ritual hymns.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 诗

HSK words that contain this character.

诗人

shī rén

bard

诗歌

shī gē

poem

诗词

shī cí

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 诗 is used in context

tā他

xiě写

de的

shī诗

chōng充

mǎn满

le

Information

Pinyinshī

Meaningpoetry

Strokes8

Radical讠

Traditional詩

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1458

Zhuyinㄕ

UnicodeU+8BD7

CangjieYRHHI

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poetry; poems and lyrics

HSK 3.0 L6

了

duì对

zì自

rán然

de的

rè热

ài爱

。

The poetry he writes is full of love for nature.

tā她

xǐ喜

huan欢

yuè阅

dú读

yōu优

měi美

de的

shī诗

gē歌

。

She enjoys reading beautiful poetry.

lǐ李

bái白

shì是

zhōng中

guó国

zhù著

míng名

de的

shī诗

rén人

。

Li Bai is a famous Chinese poet.

zhè这

fú幅

huà画

chōng充

mǎn满

le了

shī诗

yì意

。

This painting is full of poetic charm.

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