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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
早 止 ⿱日⿱一龰
Mandarin
shi4, ti2
English
Definitions
to be; yes; am; are; is; this; demonstrative pronoun; indeed; right; that
Mnemonic
Stop 止 early 早: come to be
Etymology
Notes
Now shown as 日 and 正