Unicode: U+52BF

Pinyin: shì

Definition

* 权力,威力。 ~力。权~。~利。~均力敌。 * 表现出来的情况,样子。 姿~。气~。山~。局~。虚张声~。守~。~必。~能。~不可挡。因~利导

power, force; tendency

Structure

势 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_52E2
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC