yí
give to
Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貽.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 贻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to make a fool of oneself | ||
mussel | ||
to affect adversely | ||
to present | ||
to have bad consequences |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3504th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8D3B |
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