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轼

shì

Character Traditional 軾

What 轼 means

1. literaryhandrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect

Words containing 轼

• 苏轼Sū ShìSu Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 苏东坡
• 金富轼Jīn Fù shìKim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高丽
• 凭轼结辙píng shì jié zhéto drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)

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
• 弑shìto murder a superior; to murder one's parent

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