诗shī
a poem. 8 strokes, radical 讠, first met in HSK 4.
How to write 诗
Strokes 1–2 write 讠, then strokes 3–8 write 寺.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 诗 · the stroke-order rules
What 诗 is made of
讠 (yán, words) and 寺 (sì, court).
讠 carries the meaning — speech — and 寺 carries the sound.
Words that use 诗
| 诗 | a poem 用简短又有节奏的话写成的文学作品 学者坐在古亭里，静静地吟诵一首诗。The scholar sat in the old pavilion quietly reciting a poem. Lesson 330, 华夏文脉与古风雅韵 · 文华流韵与笃行善道 · Cultural Heritage, Urban Integrity & Compassionate Action |
| 诗人 | a poet 写诗的人，用文字表达感受 大家都佩服这位诗人慢步上楼的从容。Everyone admired how the poet calmly walked upstairs. Lesson 331, 广厦新境与步步求索 · 文华流韵与笃行善道 · Cultural Heritage, Urban Integrity & Compassionate Action |
| 诗歌 | poetry 指用凝练语言抒发情感的文学形式 他们漫谈中外经典诗歌。They chatted about classic Chinese and foreign poetry. Lesson 482, 清咏流光 · 文心雅韵与躬行敏求 · Refined Arts & Resourceful Deeds |
Characters that share the sound part 寺
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 讠
All 50 of them, and what the radical means, on the 言 radical page.