诗
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poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 言 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 詩
- Common rank
- #1,153
- Unicode
- U+8BD7
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
poem · Heisig RSH #355
寺 Buddhist temple + words
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 诗
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元诗四大家 | the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] … | |
| 山水诗 | shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry | |
| 十四行诗 | sonnet | |
| 古体诗 | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, si… | |
| 定场诗 | first soliloquy text (introducing opera character) | |
| 白话诗 | free verse in the vernacular | |
| 打油诗 | humorous poem; limerick | |
| 诗情画意 | picturesque charm; idyllic appeal; poetic grace | |
| 如诗如画 | (of scenery) stunning; spectacular; picturesque | |
| 能诗善文 | highly literate; lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose | |
| 史诗性 | epic | |
| 唐诗三百首 | Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] | |
| 散文诗 | prose poem | |
| 诗人 | bard; poet | |
| 诗体 | poetic form or genre | |
| 旧体诗 | poetry in the old style | |
| 长诗 | long poem | |
| 诗文 | poetry and literature | |
| 近体诗 | a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form | |
| 诗作 | poem; poetic works |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寺 — compare how they read.