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poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,153 U+8BD7

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 寺 (phonetic, sì)

components: 讠寺

poem · Heisig RSH #355

寺 Buddhist temple + words

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寺

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寺 (sì) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
寺 sound component	sì	court, office; temple, monastery
特	tè	special, unique, distinguished
持	chí	to hold, to support, to sustain
侍	shì	to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai
恃	shì	to trust, to rely on; to presume
峙	zhì	to pile, to stack; to stand tall
痔	zhì	piles, hemorrhoids

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
元诗四大家	Yuán shī sì dà jiā	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	shān shuǐ shī	shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
十四行诗	shí sì háng shī	sonnet
古体诗	gǔ tǐ shī	a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, si…
定场诗	dìng chǎng shī	first soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
白话诗	bái huà shī	free verse in the vernacular
打油诗	dǎ yóu shī	humorous poem; limerick
诗情画意	shī qíng huà yì	picturesque charm; idyllic appeal; poetic grace
如诗如画	rú shī rú huà	(of scenery) stunning; spectacular; picturesque
能诗善文	néng shī shàn wén	highly literate; lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
史诗性	shǐ shī xìng	epic
唐诗三百首	Táng shī Sān bǎi Shǒu	Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅\|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1]
散文诗	sǎn wén shī	prose poem
诗人	shī rén	bard; poet
诗体	shī tǐ	poetic form or genre
旧体诗	jiù tǐ shī	poetry in the old style
长诗	cháng shī	long poem
诗文	shī wén	poetry and literature
近体诗	jìn tǐ shī	a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form
诗作	shī zuò	poem; poetic works