Chinese Character: 市 (Shì - City/Municipality)
1. 基本特征 (Character Basics)
部首: 亠（点横部） (radical: dot-horizontal)
笔画数: 5 (5 strokes)
结构分解: 象形字，原指市场（古代市场有门帘和旗杆标识），字形上半部分像门帘，下半部分像旗杆，后引申为城市（如"城市"） (pictogram originally meaning market (marked by a curtain and flagpole), upper part resembling a curtain, lower part a flagpole, later extended to city (e.g., "city"))
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2. 发音 (Pronunciation)
拼音: Shì (fourth tone)
3. 含义 (Meaning)
市作名词时指市场（如"集市"）或行政区域（如"城市""直辖市"） (Noun: market (e.g., "bazaar"); Administrative region (e.g., "city", "municipality"))
4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)
- 城市 (chéng shì) - city
- 市场 (shì chǎng) - market
- 市区 (shì qū) - urban area
- 直辖市 (zhí xiá shì) - municipality directly under central government
5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)
作名词时可受形容词修饰（如"繁华的城市"）；常与"城""场"等词搭配（如"城市""市场"） (Noun: modified by adjectives (e.g., "bustling city"); often paired with "城/场" (e.g., "city/market"))
6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)
《周易》载"日中为市"，指古代中午开设市场交易；宋代"市井"指街市，反映商业繁荣；现代"市"作为行政区划（如"北京市"），体现城乡管理体系的发展 (The Book of Changes records "Markets open at noon", referring to ancient midday trading. "市井" (market streets) in the Song Dynasty reflected commercial prosperity. Modern "市" (municipality) as an administrative division (e.g., "Beijing") reflects the development of urban-rural management systems)
7. 例句 (Example Sentence)
上海是中国的大城市。(Shàng hǎi shì zhōng guó de dà chéng shì.)
Shanghai is a major city in China.
农民们在集市上卖蔬菜。(Nóng mín men zài jí shì shàng mài shū cài.)
Farmers sell vegetables at the bazaar.
8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)
"市"的字形上半部分像门帘（古代市场的标志），下半部分像旗杆（挂招牌用），想象市场有门帘和旗杆，通过"门帘+旗杆=市场/城市"的画面轻松记住含义 ("市" resembles a curtain (upper part, market symbol) and a flagpole (lower part, signpost). Imagine a market with a curtain and flagpole, associating "curtain + flagpole" to remember the meaning of "市")