式
type; form; pattern; style
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #200 U+5F0F
How 式 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A craftsman using an awl 弋 and a measuring square 工
How to remember it
style · Heisig RSH #359
arrow + 工 work
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 式 as their sound component
These characters all use 式 (shì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 式 sound component | shì | formula, pattern, rule, style, system |
| 试 | shì | to try, to experiment; exam, test |
| 拭 | shì | to wipe away stains with a cloth |
| 弑 | shì | patricide, matricide |
| 轼 | shì | carriage crossbar |
Words containing 式
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国式 | Zhōng guó shì | Chinese style; à la chinoise |
| 分子式 | fēn zǐ shì | molecular formula |
| 化学式 | huà xué shì | chemical formula (e.g. water H2O) |
| 数学公式 | shù xué gōng shì | formula |
| 气动式 | qì dòng shì | pneumatic |
| 一门式 | yī mén shì | one-stop (service, shop etc) |
| 公式化 | gōng shì huà | to formalize; formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC) |
| 式子 | shì zi | posture; (math.) expression; formula |
| 有理式 | yǒu lǐ shì | rational expression (math.) |
| 不定式 | bù dìng shì | infinitive (grammar) |
| 中式 | Zhōng shì | Chinese style |
| 中式 | zhòng shì | to pass the imperial examinations |
| 台式机 | tái shì jī | desktop computer |
| 花式 | huā shì | fancy; showy; elaborate; (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 li… |
| 手式 | shǒu shì | gesture; sign; signal |
| 分式 | fēn shì | (math.) fractional expression |
| 体式 | tǐ shì | (of characters) form; style (cursive, printed etc); (of a literary work) form; style; genr… |
| 分布式 | fēn bù shì | distributed |
| 西式 | xī shì | Western style |
| 公式 | gōng shì | formula |