逝者如斯

逝者如斯 in English

shì zhě rú sī: (idiom) Time passes like the water of a river and never returns. The expression highlights the irreversible flow of time.

Character breakdown

逝 shì (of flowing water or time) to pass by
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is)…
如 rú as
斯 sī (phonetic)

Stroke order

Le caractère 者 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 者

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 如 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 如

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 斯 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 斯

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

逝

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢
See all 3 forms

者

Bronze script 商代晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 30 forms

如

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

斯

Bronze script 春秋晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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