Unicode: U+5F1B

Pinyin: shǐ chí

Definition

* 放松,松懈,解除。 松~。废~。~惰(懈怠)。~缓(局势、气氛等变和缓)。~张("张",拉紧弓弦;"弛",放松弓弦,喻兴废、宽严、劳逸等)。 * 延缓。 ~期

loosen, relax, unstring a bow

Structure

弛 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_5F1B27_EAA9
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
94_E14B94_E14C
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 ->
85_E0A185_E0A285_E0A385_E0A4

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC