Read Edit View history 士 shìShì HSK4 scholar, soldier Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of the head of an axe. Used to represent a soldier. Pinyin Separate values with commas shì ×shi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 士 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 131, 404 ], [ 197, 387 ], [ 388, 420 ], [ 805, 467 ], [ 890, 439 ] ], [ [ 466, 755 ], [ 482, 747 ], [ 514, 710 ], [ 507, 201 ], [ 506, 181 ], [ 487, 161 ] ], [ [ 271, 117 ], [ 326, 107 ], [ 641, 143 ], [ 687, 141 ], [ 746, 123 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 535 412 Q 718 436 872 423 Q 897 420 903 430 Q 910 443 898 456 Q 867 484 821 504 Q 806 510 779 501 Q 713 485 645 475 Q 581 468 536 461 L 482 454 Q 473 457 297 431 Q 231 421 132 418 Q 119 417 117 406 Q 116 393 136 378 Q 154 365 186 353 Q 198 349 216 358 Q 232 364 302 377 Q 383 396 482 407 L 535 412 Z", "M 530 159 Q 533 292 535 412 L 536 461 Q 536 650 554 701 Q 566 723 551 736 Q 514 764 484 773 Q 468 777 453 764 Q 447 757 454 745 Q 484 697 482 642 Q 482 551 482 454 L 482 407 Q 482 284 482 153 C 482 123 529 129 530 159 Z", "M 482 153 Q 386 141 274 128 Q 252 127 268 107 Q 284 91 303 85 Q 327 78 344 83 Q 443 108 704 108 Q 717 108 731 107 Q 753 106 759 116 Q 765 129 747 144 Q 684 192 614 174 Q 578 168 530 159 L 482 153 Z" ] } 3 strokes 士 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 131, 404 ], [ 197, 387 ], [ 388, 420 ], [ 805, 467 ], [ 890, 439 ] ], [ [ 466, 755 ], [ 482, 747 ], [ 514, 710 ], [ 507, 201 ], [ 506, 181 ], [ 487, 161 ] ], [ [ 271, 117 ], [ 326, 107 ], [ 641, 143 ], [ 687, 141 ], [ 746, 123 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 535 412 Q 718 436 872 423 Q 897 420 903 430 Q 910 443 898 456 Q 867 484 821 504 Q 806 510 779 501 Q 713 485 645 475 Q 581 468 536 461 L 482 454 Q 473 457 297 431 Q 231 421 132 418 Q 119 417 117 406 Q 116 393 136 378 Q 154 365 186 353 Q 198 349 216 358 Q 232 364 302 377 Q 383 396 482 407 L 535 412 Z", "M 530 159 Q 533 292 535 412 L 536 461 Q 536 650 554 701 Q 566 723 551 736 Q 514 764 484 773 Q 468 777 453 764 Q 447 757 454 745 Q 484 697 482 642 Q 482 551 482 454 L 482 407 Q 482 284 482 153 C 482 123 529 129 530 159 Z", "M 482 153 Q 386 141 274 128 Q 252 127 268 107 Q 284 91 303 85 Q 327 78 344 83 Q 443 108 704 108 Q 717 108 731 107 Q 753 106 759 116 Q 765 129 747 144 Q 684 192 614 174 Q 578 168 530 159 L 482 153 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.