音読み: ジ・シ
訓読み: しめす
画数: 5
部首: しめす（示）
Meaning
Show / Indicate / Reveal / Display
- Basic forms
- 示す — to show; to indicate / base form
- 示します — show; indicate / masu form
- 示した — showed; indicated / ta-form
- 示して — show and … / te-form
- 示さない — do not show / negative
- 示せば — if (someone) shows / conditional
- 示せ — show! / imperative
- Common uses
- 方向を示す — show the direction
- 証拠を示す — present evidence
- More
- 示そう — let’s show / 〜よう form
- 示している — is showing; indicates / progressive
示す（しめす） is a godan verb. It is used for **making something visible or clear**, including directions, signs, evidence, attitudes, or abstract indications.
- 表示 — display; indication
- 暗示 — hint; suggestion
- 示唆 — suggestion; implication; hint
- 展示 — exhibition
- 教示 — instruction; guidance
- 指示 — directions; instructions
- 例示 — illustration; exemplification
- 掲示 — notice; bulletin
示 began as a pictograph of an altar used in rituals. The sense shifted from offering to “revealing” or “showing,” hence today’s uses like indicating, displaying, or pointing out.