施
shīyíyì HSK4

grant, bestow

施 shī frequency
to carry out nounverb
to carry out; to put into effect; to execute
to apply verb
to apply; to exert; to impose

恶毒的巫婆在男人身上施了咒语，把他变成了一只虫子。

è​dú de wū​pó zài nán​rén shēn​shang shī le zhòu​yǔ, bǎ tā biàn chéng le yī zhī chóng​zi.

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.

to bestow
to give; to grant; to bestow
Shi
the surname Shi
favor
a favor, kindness, or benefit received from someone
to give alms
to give to charity; to distribute alms to the poor or to monks
施 yí
to walk sideways
(literary) to walk in a winding or zigzag manner; to walk sideways or slanting to avoid being noticed
施 yì
to extend to
(literary) to extend to; to spread to; to involve

Frequency
Character
Written text
553rd most common 381.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,212th most common 69.7 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
34.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+65BD

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)