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是 (pinyin shì, "to be") is an HSK 1 Mandarin character with 9 strokes, built on the radical 日.

New
shì

to be, yes

Tone 4 · Fourth tone (falling)

Radical
Strokes
9
HSK
1 · tier 1a

Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical . Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -i, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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