巳 sì snake; 6th earthly branch and zodiac element


Similar looking characters : 己 jǐ (self)
Made with 3 strokes.

Picture of a snake

Sounds same

四 sì (four) ; 跑 sì (to run) ; 寺 sì (Buddhist temple)

Different tone

丝 sī (silk) ; 厶 sī (private) ; 纟 sī (silk) ; 思 sī (to think) ; 死 sǐ (die)
Full character form of this simplified radical: 己 jǐ

Radical

Index 49 used in: 包 bāo (to cover) ; 港 gǎng (harbor) ; 异 yì (different)

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stroke order for 巳
Stroke order for character 巳, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Also

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