Chinese Character Wiki

揖

yī

salute

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

hand

咠 sound component

咠  Sound component

qì

  

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

揖  

yī

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

Most common words with 揖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

揖

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.qrip (dialect: MC tsr- > ts-)

tsip

jí

cluster together

*qip

'jip

yī

bow (v.), salute


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3505th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+63D6

Shuowen

“揖，攘也。从手，咠聲。一曰手箸胷曰揖。”


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