What 施 means
Both are established senses; the surrounding word decides. Chinese 实施 and Japanese 実施 mean implementation; Chinese 布施 means giving alms—charitable donations.
The historical Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi describes a flag in motion. That account does not by itself explain every modern meaning.
Administrative in 实施, charitable in 布施.
Do not translate every 施 as “give.”
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Who writes 施
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3implement a plan or policy
apply pressure or force
give alms
Questions people ask
1Why does 施 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 施
- Search it as
- shi · shī · hodokosu · ほどこす · 施す
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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HTML
施CSS
\65BDhow to type 施
With a Chinese Pinyin keyboard enabled, type shi, then select 施 from the suggested characters.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
施
HTML hex
施
CSS content
content: "\65BD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%96%BD
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.