獅
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shī · lion

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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犭Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 獅

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Example sentences

Notice where 獅 sits in each complete thought.

Qiáo hé wǒ zuó tiān kàn dào le yì zhī shī zǐ.喬和我昨天看到了一隻獅子。

Joe and I saw a lion yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #892555 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hěn jīng yà jìng rán kàn dào le shī zǐ.我很驚訝竟然看到了獅子。

I was surprised to see a lion.

Source: Tatoeba #772361 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shī zǐ shì bǎi shòu zhī wáng.獅子是百獸之王。

The lion is the king of the beasts.

Source: Tatoeba #710752 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Cháng jǐng lù yì jiǎo kě yǐ tī sǐ shī zǐ.長頸鹿一腳可以踢死獅子。

A giraffe can kill a lion with a single kick.

Source: Tatoeba #13109249 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rú guǒ shī zǐ shì bǎi shòu zhī wáng de huà, yīng jiù shì bǎi niǎo zhī wáng le.如果獅子是百獸之王的話,鷹就是百鳥之王了。

As the lion is king of beasts, so is the eagle king of birds.

Source: Tatoeba #458836 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shī qún shā le jiǎo mǎ.獅群殺了角馬。

The lions killed the wildebeest.

Source: Tatoeba #13321241 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 獅 in context

  1. Say shī, then recall the core meaning: lion.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 獅 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.