Chinese Character Wiki
埶

yì

art, skill

Original meaning: 

to plant

Depicts a person with two hands outstretched (丮) planting something in the ground (土).

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts some sort of plant.

土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

丮 iconic component

丮  Iconic component

jǐ

  

catch

Depicts a person holding out both hands.

Evolution

埶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
埶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
埶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

埶  

yì

art; skill

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

藝

Sound component in 4 characters (3 verified)

勢 熱 藝 褻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋ̊et-s

syejH

shì

circumstances; setting

*ŋet-s (MC I!)

ngjiejH

yì

to plant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+57F6

Shuowen

“埶，種也。从坴、，持亟種之。”


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