yí
give to
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 貽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to make a fool of oneself | ||
mussel | ||
to affect adversely | ||
to present | ||
to have bad consequences |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lə | yi | yí | to present, give |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3504th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8CBD |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“貽，贈遺也。从馬，台聲。經典通用詒。” |
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