轼 (shì): (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot, to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
轼 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 车 (semantic) and 式 (phonetic). It ranks #4790 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 轼 cart. Its radical form 车 (cart) appears in many related characters such as 车 (chē, vehicle), 辆 (liàng, measure word for vehicles), 轻 (qīng, light).
Definitions
- (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot
- to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金富轼 | jīn fù shì | Kim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽, compiler of History of Three Kin... |
| 凭轼结辙 | píng shì jié zhé | to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom) |
| 苏轼 | sū shì | Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡, Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one ... |
轼 appears in 3 compound words: 0 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
写好轼字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo shì zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "轼" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.
同时,数字技术还生成了李白、杜甫、苏轼三大核心章节的情景短剧。
tóng shí , shǔ zì jì shù hái shēng chéng le lǐ bái , dù fǔ , sū shì sān dà hé xīn zhāng jié de qíng jǐng duǎn jù .
At the same time, digital technology has also generated short scenario-based skits for the three core chapters on Li Bai, Du Fu, and Su Shi.
苏轼《赵德麟饯饮湖上舟中对月》 牛乳抨酥瀹茗芽,蜂房分蜜渍棕花。
sū shì zhào dé lín 饯 yǐn hú shàng zhōu zhōng duì yuè niú rǔ pēng sū 瀹 茗 yá , fēng fáng fēn mì 渍 zōng huā .
Su Shi, “A Poem Composed on a Boat on the Lake While Gazing at the Moon at a Farewell Banquet Hosted by Zhao Delin”: “Cream is churned from milk to brew tea leaves; honey is drawn from the hive to soak palm blossoms.”
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 车 (cart) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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