surname Shi

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) got some new gladiator sandals (辶), but in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he finds that they don't fit (适) his feet. He does notice however that they fit (适) quite nicely his tongue (舌) if he sticks it into one of the sandals.
to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) got some new gladiator sandals (辶), but in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) he finds that they don't fit (适) his feet. He does notice however that they fit (适) quite nicely his tongue (舌) if he sticks it into one of the sandals.

適 character breakdown

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.
stem / foot / base / root

= + + : Dorothy Gale (di) bought a cloister (古) and wants to set it up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The package contained a vase (立), a stem (啇) and a manual showing how to combine the two items to get the cloister (a map 冂 in a metaphorical sense), but Dorothy has no idea how to set up her cloister.

Characters with 適 as component

variant of 謫|谪[zhe2]
to scratch / old variant of 擲|掷[zhi4]
to select / to nitpick / to expose

Words with 適

suitable / fitting / appropriate
unwell / indisposed / out of sorts
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
moderate / reasonable / conveniently situated
quiet and comfortable
(visual physiology) dark adaptation
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
comfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
(said of a woman) to marry (old)
just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
leisurely and free (idiom) / carefree and at ease
quiet and comfortable

Sentences with 適

適 currently does not appear in any sentence.