yì
legendary archer
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 羿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e | ||
surname Yi |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ]ˤer-s | ngejH | yì | "(name of legendary archer) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4860th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+7FBF |
Shuowen | “，羽之風。亦古諸侯也。一曰射師。从羽，幵聲。” |
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