恃
shì

rely on

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyiX[d]əʔdepend on
Zhengzhangdjɯʔ
Unicodezhiə̌

說文解字

賴也。从心寺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)