yì
overflow
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 益 represents the sound. Originally written as 益.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 溢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to overflow | ||
brilliant | ||
to overflow | ||
brimming with | ||
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-q(r)ik | yit | yì | overflow |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.0846% of movies
2664th most common character in movies
2454th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6EA2 |
Shuowen | “溢，器滿也。从水，益聲。” |
Sources
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