yǐ
rely on
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 倚
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to lean on | ||
to lean on | ||
even-handed | ||
to rely heavily upon | ||
to lean on |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.q(r)ajʔ | 'jeX | yǐ | lean on |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2620th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+501A |
Shuowen | “倚，依也。从人，奇聲。” |
Sources
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