Dong Chinese dictionary

yí

lose, leave behind

Simplified form of 遺. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

贵 Sound component

guì

expensive

遗 and 贵 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yí

lose; articles lost; omit; to lose; to leave behind; to omit; to bequeath; sth lost; involuntary discharge (of urine etc)

Most common words with 遗

Sources