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矣

yǐ

particle of completed action

Phonosemantic compound. 㠯 represents the sound and 矢 represents the meaning.

Components
㠯 sound component

㠯  Sound component

yǐ

  

by means of

矢 meaning component

矢  Meaning component

shǐ

  

arrow

Evolution

矣 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
矣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

矣  

yǐ

particle of completed action; classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le]

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

俟 誒 诶

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

唉 埃 挨 俟 誒 诶 娭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qəʔ (atonic)

hiX

yǐ

(final particle)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2069th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+77E3

Shuowen

“矣，語已詞也。从矢，以聲。”


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