示 Radical 113 — an altar; a sign or omen from the spirits; to show, to indicate
shì (fourth tone, falling)
an altar; a sign or omen from the spirits; to show, to indicate
Radical 1135 strokes0 characters
Also written 礻 · ⺬ — the same radical in a different position inside the character.
Where the shape comes from
A stone altar table: the slab on top, the two legs below, and the strokes at the sides for the libation running down. What appeared at the altar was taken as a sign, which is how the word came to mean "to show". On the left of a character it thins to 礻, and it heads the vocabulary of ritual and fortune: 礼, 祝, 神, 福, 社, 票. Count the dots — 礻 has one, the clothing radical 衤 has two.
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