饰

飾
shì
#1,602 most
frequent character
decoration, ornament, to decorate

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

饰 combines 巾 cloth and 𠂉 person as meaning parts, with 饣 shí giving the sound. It first meant to wipe something with a cloth. That grew to cleaning something up to make it look nicer, then to decorating or an ornament. Its 饣 side is a simplified replacement for 飠.

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Homophones

HSK 4
试shì
to test, to try, experiment
事shì
thing
市shì
city
室shì
room
式shì
type, style, pattern, form, ceremony
示shì
to show, to reveal

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