shì

Radical: 亻 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

仕 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 仕

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 仕.

仕女
shì nǚ
仕宦
shì huàn
(literary) to serve as an official
仕途
shì tú
official career (formal)
出仕
chū shì
to take up an official post
致仕
zhì shì
to retire from a government post (old)
卡仕达
kǎ shì dá
安达仕
ān dá shì
爱马仕
ài mǎ shì
学而优则仕
xué ér yōu zé shì

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical .

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