市

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market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

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HSK 3.0: Level 2
Old HSK: Level 3
Strokes: 5
Radical: 巾 +2
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 市
Common rank: #11
Unicode: U+5E02

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Formation & memory

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How 市 is formed

Components 亠巾

How to remember it

market · Heisig RSH #419

巾 towel + top hat

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 市

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
市县	shì xiàn	towns and counties
市区	shì qū	urban district; downtown; city center
市中区	Shì zhōng Qū	Shizhong, a district of Jinan City 濟南市\|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong; Shizhong, a district …
市中区	shì zhōng qū	central city district
中山市	Zhōng shān Shì	Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省\|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
市中	Shì zhōng	see 市中區\|市中区[Shi4 zhong1 Qu1]
市中心	shì zhōng xīn	city center; downtown
天水市	Tiān shuǐ Shì	Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省\|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
地市	dì shì	prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomou…
白山市	Bái shān Shì	Baishan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
大安市	Dà ān Shì	Da'an, a county-level city in Baicheng City 白城市[Bai2 cheng2 Shi4], Jilin
海市	hǎi shì	(lit. and fig.) mirage
安国市	Ān guó Shì	Anguo, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
子长市	Zǐ cháng Shì	Zichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
西市区	Xī shì Qū	Xishi, a district of Yingkou City 營口市\|营口市[Ying2 kou3 Shi4], Liaoning
行市	háng shì	quotation on market price
上市	shàng shì	to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
文山市	Wén shān Shì	Wenshan, a county-level city in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州\|文山…
上海市	Shàng hǎi Shì	Shanghai municipality (short name 滬\|沪[Hu4])
海安市	Hǎi ān Shì	Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu

Sound family

These characters use 市 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
市 sound part	shì	city, town; market, fair; to trade
柿	shì	persimmon
铈	shì	cerium