Chinese Character Wiki
𦣞

yí

chin

Pictograph of a person's chin. Original form of 頤.

Evolution

𦣞 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
𦣞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𦣞  

yí

chin (ancient variant of 颐)

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (3 verified)

姬 颐 頤

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

颐 頤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢə {*[ɢ](r)ə}

yi

yí

chin


Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+268DE

Shuowen

“，也。象形。頤，篆文。，籀文从首。”
Sources

李学勤《字源》p.1050



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