斯 (sī)

(phonetic); this; gentle (in 斯文)

How 斯 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
甘 — sweet
Traditional
斯
Simplified
斯 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 斯

俄羅斯 éluósī
Russia
奧斯卡 àosīkǎ
Oscar, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual award; CL:屆|届[jie4]
威尼斯 wēinísī
Venice; Venezia
德克薩斯 dékèsàsī
Texas
福爾摩斯 fúěrmósī
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克・福爾摩斯|歇洛克・福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1]
亞當斯 yàdāngsī
Adams
亞的斯亞貝巴 yàdìsīyàbèibā
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
伊斯坦布爾 yīsītǎnbùěr
Istanbul, Turkey
伊斯蘭 yīsīlán
Islam
伊斯蘭教 yīsīlánjiào
Islam
休斯敦 xiūsīdūn
Houston, Texas
休斯頓 xiūsīdùn
Houston

斯 in a sentence

他看起來很斯文,很有禮貌。

Tā kàn qǐlái hěn sīwén, hěn yǒu lǐmào.

“He looks very gentle and polite.”

How common is 斯?

斯 is the 168th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 52.2% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 斯

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