是

See also 昰

See also shi

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 日 + 正, logic of compound unclear.

Han character

是 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日一卜人 (AMYO), four-corner 6080₁, composition ⿱曰正)

1. indeed, yes, right
2. to be
3. demonstrative pronoun, this, that

Derived characters

• 提

References

• KangXi: page 493, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13859
• Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1497, character 5
• Unihan data for U+662F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

是 (jyutping si6, Yale si6)

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Japanese

Kanji

是 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぜ (ze), し (shi)
• Kun: これ (kore), この (kono), ここ (koko)

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Korean

Hanja

是
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 시 (revised: si, McCune-Reischauer: si, Yale: si)

• Name (hangeul): 바를()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

是 (pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

Verb

是 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shì)

1. is; to be

   泰晤士河是英国第二长的河流。

   Tàiwùshì Hé shì Yīngguó dì-èr cháng de héliú.

   The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.

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Vietnamese

Han character

是 (thị)

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Wu

Alternative forms

Latin Alphabet: sz´

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄙˊ