是
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #523 U+662F
How 是 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To speak 日 directly 疋
How to remember it
be · Heisig RSH #394
mending + tongue wagging in the mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 是 as their sound component
These characters all use 是 (shì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 是 sound component | shì | to be; indeed, right, yes; okay |
| 提 | tí | to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise |
| 题 | tí | forehead; headline, title; theme |
| 匙 | chí | spoon; surname |
| 堤 | dī | dike |
| 醍 | tí | essential oil of butter |
| 踶 | dì | paw |
| 鞮 | dī | leather shoes |
| 鳀 | tí | anchovy |
| 缇 | tí | orange-red silk; red, brown |
Words containing 是
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是一家人不进一家门 | bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén | people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom); marriages are predes… |
| 头头是道 | tóu tóu shì dào | clear and logical |
| 不是东西 | bù shì dōng xi | (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good |
| 五百年前是一家 | wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā | five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying) (said of persons with the same sur… |
| 一是一，二是二 | yī shì yī , èr shì èr | lit. one is one, two is two (idiom); fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut;… |
| 有道是 | yǒu dào shì | as they say, ...; as the saying goes, ... |
| 是非自有公论 | shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn | to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom); Public opinion will judge wh… |
| 可不是 | kě bu shì | (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure |
| 是非不分 | shì fēi bù fēn | unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) |
| 一无是处 | yī wú shì chù | (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong |
| 物是人非 | wù shì rén fēi | (idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different |
| 口是心非 | kǒu shì xīn fēi | duplicity; hypocrisy (idiom) |
| 是非之地 | shì fēi zhī dì | trouble spot; sketchy area |
| 多得是 | duō de shì | there's no shortage; there are plenty |
| 是非分明 | shì fēi fēn míng | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) |
| 自以为是 | zì yǐ wéi shì | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated |
| 是药三分毒 | shì yào sān fēn dú | every medicine has its side effect |
| 不是话 | bù shì huà | see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4] |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not; not |
| 不是 | bù shi | fault; blame |