饰
decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,343 U+9970
How 饰 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
巾 (semantic, “cloth”) + 饣 (phonetic, shí)
How to remember it
ornaments · Heisig RSH #2519
食 food + reclining + 巾 towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 饣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 饣 (shí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饣 sound component | shí | food; to eat |
| 馋 | chán | greedy, gluttonous; lewd, lecherous |
| 饬 | chì | order; command; give command |
Words containing 饰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百合花饰 | bǎi hé huā shì | fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol) |
| 文过饰非 | wén guò shì fēi | (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash |
| 不加修饰 | bù jiā xiū shì | undecorated; unvarnished; no frills |
| 粉饰太平 | fěn shì tài píng | to pretend that everything is going well |
| 蓝饰带花 | lán shì dài huā | blue lace flower (Trachymene caerulea) |
| 后置修饰语 | hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ | postmodifier (grammar) |
| 前置修饰语 | qián zhì xiū shì yǔ | premodifier (grammar) |
| 装饰物 | zhuāng shì wù | ornament; ornamentation |
| 装饰道具 | zhuāng shì dào jù | (theater) set dressing; trim prop |
| 装饰品 | zhuāng shì pǐn | ornament |
| 修饰语 | xiū shì yǔ | (grammar) modifier; qualifier; adjunct |
| 头饰 | tóu shì | head ornament |
| 金饰 | jīn shì | gold ornaments |
| 花饰 | huā shì | ornamental design |
| 饰面 | shì miàn | ornamental facing; veneer |
| 文饰 | wén shì | to polish a text; rhetoric; ornate language; to use florid language to conceal errors; to … |
| 饰物 | shì wù | decorations; jewelry |
| 修饰话 | xiū shì huà | modifier (grammar) |
| 内饰 | nèi shì | interior decor |
| 饰词 | shì cí | excuse; pretext |