salute

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

hand

咠 sound component

  Sound component

  

to whisper

Evolution

揖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
揖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
揖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
揖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
揖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

salute, bow; defer to, yield; to greet by raising clasped hands

Most common words with 揖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to greet by raising clasped hands

作揖

to bow with hands held in front

长揖

to clasp hands in greeting

打躬作揖

to beg humbly

开门揖盗

leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand