poem, poetry
詩 centers on artistic expression through words: a poem or poetry. It captures the idea of language crafted for beauty and rhythm.
詩 combines 言 (speech, words) with 寺, which likely contributes the sound and originally referred to a place where rituals were performed, later associated with regulated expression like poetry.
Words 言 arranged with the care of a temple 寺 ritual become a poem. Picture a monk in a temple garden carefully composing verses.
For シ, imagine a poet writing a poem about a sheep: sheep -> シ, and the poem is about the sheep's gentle bleating.
poem; poetry; verse
poet
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season
poetic
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
epic (poem); epic poetry
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
book containing a collection of poems
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
Japanese and Chinese poetry
rhapsody
study of poetry; poetics
reciting Chinese poems
poetic sentiment
versification; verse making
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
composition of a poem
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hungarian Rhapsodies (Liszt)
poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters