式shì

of the work radical 工 and the phonetic 弋, originally depicting a measuring device that came to signify a standard or formula. The character is now used to denote "style", "formula", or "ceremony", as in 方式 (method) and 公式 (mathematical formula). It also appears as a component in characters like 试 (to try), 拭 (to wipe), and 弒 (to murder). --- In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 弟 remai