shì

posthumous name

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
a small bowl

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢliɡs

說文解字

行之迹也。从言、兮、皿。闕。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica