屎

shǐ
#3,330 most
frequent character
feces, excrement, a stool

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

屎 shows a squatting person 尸 with 米, grain or particles, below. It first meant manure or feces. That grew to excrement, and then to secretions from eyes or ears.

Drawn as: person squatting; rice grains

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Homophones

HSK 3
使shǐ
to make, to cause, to enable
始shǐ
to begin, to start, then, only then
史shǐ
history, annals
驶shǐ
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast

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