yì
art, skill
Original meaning:
to plant
Depicts a person with two hands outstretched (丮) planting something in the ground (土).
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Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋ̊et-s | syejH | shì | circumstances; setting |
*ŋet-s (MC I!) | ngjiejH | yì | to plant |
Not found in HSK word list
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+57F6 |
Shuowen | “埶,種也。从坴、,持亟種之。” |