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1
shī
師
teacher
師
teacher
[s]
Composition
Components
一
ground
一
ground
巾
towel
巾
towel
gnome
gnome
Sounds
sh-
Shrek
sh-
Shrek
-_
house
-_
house
1
outside the entrance
1
outside the entrance
Pinyin
shi1
•
shī
Meaning
Primary
teacher
Mnemonic
[sh-] Shrek
is in
[1] front
of the
[-_] house
, sitting on a
巾 towel
that is laid on the
一 ground
. In front of him are a bunch of garden
gnomes
- Shrek is their
師 teacher
. He is teaching them how to best eat an onion.
Visually Similar Characters
shī
獅
lion
Same Pronunciation
shī
詩
poem
shī
失
to lose
shī
施
to carry out
shī
屍
corpse
shī
獅
lion
shī
濕
wet
shī
溼
wet
Found In Words
lǎoshī
老師
teacher
dàshī
大師
master
jiàoshī
教師
teacher
jiǎngshī
講師
lecturer
lǜshī
律師
lawyer
chúshī
廚師
chef
shèyǐngshī
攝影師
photographer
jiànzhúshī
建築師
architect
wūshī
巫師
wizard
shīfù
師傅
master
chánshī
禪師
Zen master
mùshī
牧師
pastor
zīxúnshī
諮詢師
counselor