Stroke order:丶フ一丨一一丨丨
Structure: left and right structure
Total strokes: 8 strokes
Five strokes: YFFY
Pingshui Rhyme: Shangping Four
Poetry, a first-level Chinese character, pronounced shī, was first seen in the Warring States period. Its original meaning is a language that expresses thoughts in the heart. It extends to metaphors for things that are wonderful and full of interest in life or can arouse strong emotions.
Extended information:
Poetry and phonetic characters were first seen in the writings of the Warring States Period, but have not yet been seen in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. According to research by scholar Zhou Cezong, the word "poetry" developed from the basic symbols shown in Figure A.
Later, when the emphasis was on music, poetry and words, the word "?" was created, which eventually evolved into the word "poetry". In terms of glyph shape, the character "诗" in the Warring States period is composed of "yan" on the left and "Si" on the right. The character "诗" in Xiaozhuan basically inherits its glyph shape in the Warring States period. The character "诗" in Han Li has There are two writing methods, one continues the small seal script shape, and the other simplifies the small seal script shape of the word "诗" and evolved into the character "诗" in regular script.