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弑

shì

Character Traditional 弒

What 弑 means

1. to murder a superior
2. to murder one's parent

Words starting with 弑

• 弑君shì jūnregicide; to commit regicide
• 弑母shì mǔmatricide; to commit matricide
• 弑父shì fùpatricide; to kill one's own father

Words containing 弑

• 篡弑cuàn shìto commit regicide

Characters built on 式

These share the phonetic component 式 (shì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 拭shìto wipe
• 轼shì(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot…

Characters that look like 弑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 献xiànto offer; to present; to dedicate
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 赋fùpoetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 斌bīnvariant of 彬
• 赧nǎnblushing with shame

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼