佚

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佚 U+4F5A, 佚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5A
← 余
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佛 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

佚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手人 (OHQO), four-corner 25230, composition ⿰亻失)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 516
  • Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 134, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4F5A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script

s05856

Transcribed ancient scripts

L25923

L25924

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (失) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眣 *ʔr'aːd, *l'iːɡ, *l̥ʰiɡ
蛈 *l̥ʰiːɡ
迭 *l'iːɡ
跌 *l'iːɡ
瓞 *l'iːɡ
昳 *l'iːɡ
胅 *l'iːɡ
軼 *l'iːɡ, *liɡ
苵 *l'iːɡ
镻 *l'iːɡ
詄 *l'iːɡ
泆 *l'iːɡ, *liɡ
趃 *l'iːɡ
柣 *sl̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iɡ
抶 *l̥ʰiɡ
秩 *l'iɡ
帙 *l'iɡ
紩 *l'iɡ
袠 *l'iɡ
翐 *l'iɡ
妷 *l'iɡ
失 *hliɡ
佚 *liɡ
劮 *liɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *liɡ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ)

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 佚
alternative forms 逸
軼／轶 lost; to excel
失

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 佚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 眞 (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 夷質切
Baxter yit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jit̚/
Li
Rong 		/iĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佚
Reading # 1/1
No. 11427
Phonetic
component 		失
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		逸
Old
Chinese 		/*liɡ/

Definitions

佚

  1. to be lost
    佚書／佚书  ―  yìshū  ―  lost ancient book
    佚名  ―  yìmíng  ―  anonymous
  2. Alternative form of 逸 (yì)
    1. easy; leisurely
    2. indulgent
    3. to escape; to flee; to be reclusive
    4. to excel
  3. † beautiful
  4. † fault
  5. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 佚

Pronunciation

Definitions

佚

  1. Used in 佚蕩／佚荡 (“free; unrestrained”).
  2. Alternative form of 迭 (dié, “to alternate; alternately”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

佚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
佚
いつ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 佚 (MC yit).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

佚(いつ) • (itsu) 

  1. (literary) ease

Affix

佚(いつ) • (itsu) 

  1. ease; comfort
  2. lost; unknown

See also

Korean

Hanja

佚 • (il, jil) (hangeul 일, 질, revised il, jil, McCune–Reischauer il, chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佚: Hán Nôm readings: dật, giặt

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References

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