彝 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yí

Yi (nationality)

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yí

yi; tripod; ancient wine vessel; ancient sacrificial vessel; Yi ethnic group; normal nature of man; laws and rules

Most common words with 彝

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	彝	ancient wine vessel
	彝族	Yi ethnic group
	凉山彝族自治州	Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
	红河哈尼族彝族自治州	Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南\|云南
	楚雄彝族自治州	Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in central Yunnan, capital Chuxiong city 楚雄市

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[l][ə]j	yij	yí	ritual vase

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3554th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	18
Traditional	彞
Unicode	U+5F5D
Shuowen	“彝，宗廟常器也。从糸，糸，綦也。廾，持。米，器中寶也。彑聲。此與爵相似。《周禮》：‘六彝：雞彝、鳥彝、黄彝、虎彝、蟲彝、斝彝，以待裸將之禮。’ 、，皆古文彝。”

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