yī
rely on
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 衣 represents the sound.
Evolution
![依 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 依 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%BE%9D_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![依 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 依 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%BE%9D_3.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![依 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 依 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%BE%9D_9.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
yī
rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish; to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
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