施
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(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 方 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 施
- Common rank
- #841
- Unicode
- U+65BD
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 施 is formed
How to remember it
execute · Heisig RSH #875
banner + scorpion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 施
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情人眼里有西施 | In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder | |
| 情人眼里出西施 | lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the… | |
| 无法可施 | nothing can be done (about it) | |
| 无计可施 | (lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom); (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end | |
| 施泰尔马克 | Styria (Steiermark), province of Austria | |
| 施罗德 | (name) Schröder; Gerhard Schröder (1944–), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998–2005 | |
| 施明德 | Shih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under … | |
| 马哈拉施特拉邦 | Maharashtra (state in India) | |
| 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 施事者 | (linguistics) agent; doer | |
| 施工单位 | unit in charge of construction; builder | |
| 乐施会 | Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) | |
| 施特劳斯 | Strauss (name); Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer; Richard Strauss (1864-1949)… | |
| 施主能级 | donor level (semiconductor) | |
| 施密特 | (surname) Schmidt or Schmitt | |
| 发号施令 | to boss people around (idiom) | |
| 哈里森·施密特 | Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut) | |
| 施行 | to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect | |
| 古斯塔夫·施特雷泽曼 | Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic) | |
| 西施 | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4… |
Sound family
These characters use 施 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施 sound part | to grant, to bestow; to act; surname | |
| 暆 | declining (as of the sun) |