■ radical

sī

this

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

斤

meaning

axe

其

sound

(basket); its; their; that — The pronunciation of 斯 was similar to 其 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Appears in

Characters that use 斯 as a component, most common first.

撕sīto rip 嘶sīthe neighing of a hoarse 厮sīservant 廝sīservant