匙

chí
#2,471 most
frequent character
spoon

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

匙 has 匕 spoon as the meaning part and 是 shì as the sound part. Read chí, it first meant spoon. Read shi, the meaning grew to key.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

匙shi
used in 鑰匙|钥匙[yao4 shi5]

Homophones

迟chí
late, delayed, slow
持chí
to hold
池chí
pond, reservoir, moat

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