yì
cut off
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋa[t]-s | ngjojH | yì | mow, cut |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4738th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5208 |
Shuowen | “乂,芟艸也。从丿,从乁相交。刈,乂或从刀。” |
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