施

Phono-semantic compound:

㫃 (깃발 나부낄 언, “flag, to spread”) — provides the semantic idea of spreading, extending.

也 (야, “also”) — provides the phonetic element.

Originally referred to extending or spreading something, later developed into “to bestow, to apply, to implement.”

施行 (시행) — enforcement, implementation

施政 (시정) — administration of government

施捨 (시사) — almsgiving, charity

施恩 (시은) — to bestow grace or favor

In Korean, almost always read as 시 except in the special classical expression 施施 (이이), meaning “to walk slowly, to swagger.”

Related characters: 施 (시) often overlaps in nuance with 給 (줄 급, to provide) and 授 (줄 수, to confer), but carries a stronger sense of “bestowing downward” or “applying broadly.”