Chinese Character Wiki
宜

yí

suitable

Originally depicted two pieces of meat (肉) on a sacrificial altar (且). Based on the original meaning "sacrificial meat". The meaning later shifted to "suitable".

Evolution

宜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宜 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
宜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宜  

yí

suitable, right, fitting, proper; proper; should; suitable; appropriate

宜  

Yí

surname Yi

Most common words with 宜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

便宜

cheap

宜

proper

事宜

matters

不宜

not suitable

适宜

suitable

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

誼 谊

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋ(r)aj

ngje

yí

sacrifice to the deity of the soil (K)

*ŋ(r)aj

ngje

yí

proper; should


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 16.6587% of movies

1717th most common character in movies

1290th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5B9C

Shuowen

“宜，所安也。从宀之下，一之上，多省聲。，古文宜。，亦古文宜。”


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License