漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
詩: poem, poetry
JLPT N113 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 寺 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 詩しpoem
- 詩人しじんpoet
- 詩集ししゅうpoetry collection
- 詩的なしてきなpoetic
- 漢詩かんしChinese poetry
- 叙事詩じょじしepic poem
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 詩歌しいかpoem
Also read うた, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side詩 poem · 寺
vs諸 various · 者In ChineseSimplified 诗 · traditional, as in Japanese · shī
Japan keeps the traditional form 詩; mainland China simplifies it to 诗.
- Simplified
- 诗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 詩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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