shí

shrine

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjaɡ

說文解字

宗廟主也。《周禮》有郊、宗、石室。一曰大夫以石爲主。从示从石,石亦聲。

Sources

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