Shareables · HSK 2 · 声 · Sound series
声旁 · 是 gives the sound
是 carries the sound in 8 characters, including 题.
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是shìto be (followed by substantives only)/correct; right; true/(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well/(adverb for emphatic assertion)/variant of 是
同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT
The component is the clue: once you can read 是, you can guess all of these.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 题 | tí | surname Ti/topic/problem for discussion/exam question/subject/to inscribe/to mention |
| 提 | tí | to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/(dī) used in 提防, 提溜 |
| 匙 | shi | spoon/used in 鑰匙|钥匙[yao4 shi5] |
| 堤 | dī | dike/Taiwan pr. [tí]/variant of 堤 |
| 缇 | tí | orange-red silk/orange-red colored |
| 醍 | tí | essential oil of butter |
| 鳀 | tí | anchovy |
| 鞮 | dī | surname Di |
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