Keyword
to rely on
- to trust
- to presume
- Frequency
- #4174
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
shì
Mnemonic
忄 (heart) gives the meaning and 寺 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
恃
(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
自恃
self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited
有恃无恐
secure in the knowledge that one has backing
恃才傲物
(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
仗恃
to rely on; to depend on
恃强欺弱
to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom); to bully
怙恃
to rely on; father and mother (classical)