Chinese Character Wiki

詒

yí

bequeath

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

台 sound component

台  Sound component

tái

  

platform

Evolution

詒 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
詒 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
詒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

诒 (詒) 

yí

bequeath, pass on to future generations; (archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 貽|贻[yí]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤəʔ

dojX

dài

deceive, cheat

*lə

yi

yí

give to


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4352nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

诒

Unicode

U+8A52

Shuowen

“詒，相欺詒也。一曰遺也。从言，台聲。”


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