yì
translate
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 譯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to translate | ||
to break a code | ||
to translate | ||
to translate and edit | ||
literal translation |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lAk | yek | yì | interpret |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.7871% of movies
2747th most common character in movies
1198th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 20 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8B6F |
Shuowen | “譯，傳譯四夷之言者。从言，睪聲。” |
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