yì
chest
The part of the body ⺼ that feels 意; 意 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 臆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
subjective idea | ||
to assume | ||
guess | ||
inner feelings | ||
feelings |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ʔ(r)ək | 'ik | yì | bosom |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3709th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+81C6 |
Shuowen | “肊，胷骨也。从肉，乙聲。臆，肊或从意。” |
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