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是 shì
is
sun 日 + upright 正
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Chapter-03 HSK-A
9 strokes

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

是
Shih is composed of 日 jih the sun as radical and phonetic, and a corruption of 正 chêng. It denotes formal existence, subjective, positive, absolute, that which is right, etc.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)

是
shì
is/are/am/yes/to be

是
昰
shì
variant of 是[shi4]/(used in given names)

Phrases ending with the given character

也yě
就jiù
是shì
that is/i.e.
事shì
求qiú
是shì
to seek the truth from facts
可kě
不bu
是shì
that's just the way it is/exactly!
多duō
得de
是shì
there's no shortage/there are plenty
尤yóu
其qí
是shì
especially/most of all/above all/in particular
是shì
不bù
是shì
is or isn't/yes or no/whether or not
有yǒu
的de
是shì
have plenty of/there's no lack of
有yǒu
道dào
是shì
as they say, .../as the saying goes, ...
为為wèi
的的de
是是shì
for the sake of/for the purpose of
莫mò
不bù
是shì
probably/perhaps/could it be that...?
要yào
不bu
是shì
if it were not for/but for
赔賠péi
不不bú
是是shi
to apologize
那nà
倒dào
是shi
Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)

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