倚

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See also: 徛
倚 U+501A, 倚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501A
← 候
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倛 →

Translingual

Han character

倚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大一口 (OKMR), four-corner 24221, composition ⿰亻奇)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 776
  • Dae Jaweon: page 230, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 173, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+501A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 倚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倚
s05760
Transcribed ancient scripts
L34147
L34148
L34149
L13645
L13646
L13647
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 (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
奇 *kral, *ɡral
畸 *kral
剞 *kral, *kralʔ
羇 *kral
掎 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸 *kral
踦 *kralʔ, *kʰral
寄 *krals
徛 *krals, *ɡralʔ
欹 *kʰral, *qral
崎 *kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺 *kʰralʔ
婍 *kʰralʔ
騎 *ɡral, *ɡrals
琦 *ɡral
鵸 *ɡral
錡 *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢 *ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮 *ŋɡralʔ
犄 *qral
猗 *qral, *qralʔ
椅 *qral, *qralʔ
旖 *qral, *qralʔ
陭 *qral, *qrals
檹 *qral
漪 *qral
倚 *qralʔ, *qrals

Pronunciation

Note:
  • óa - vernacular;
  • í - literary.
    Rime
    Character 倚 倚
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 支 (13) 支 (13)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 於綺切 於義切
    Baxter 'jeX 'jeH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʔˠiᴇX/ /ʔˠiᴇH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʔᵚiɛX/ /ʔᵚiɛH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʔiɛX/ /ʔiɛH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʔjiə̆X/ /ʔjiə̆H/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʔjeX/ /ʔjeH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ǐeX/ /ǐeH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ʔie̯X/ /ʔie̯H/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yǐ yì
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ji2 ji3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 倚
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yǐ
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ʔjeX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/
    English lean on

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 倚 倚
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 10018 10022
    Phonetic
    component         		奇 奇
    Rime
    group         		歌 歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		倚 倚
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qralʔ/ /*qrals/

    Definitions

    倚

    1. to lean on; to lean against
    2. to rely on; to depend on; to lean on
    3. to be partial toward; to lean toward

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    倚

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. to lean on; to lean against
      Synonym: 寄
    2. to rely on; to depend on
    3. Alternative form of 椅: chair
    4. Alternative form of 踦, 畸: lame, crippled; unbalanced

    Readings

    From Middle Chinese 倚 (MC 'jeX); compare Mandarin 倚 (yǐ):

    • Go-on: い (i)←い (i, historical)
    • Kan-on: い (i)←い (i, historical)

    From Middle Chinese 倚 (MC kje); compare Mandarin 倚 (jī):

    From native Japanese roots:

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    倚 • (ui, gi) (hangeul 의, 기, revised ui, gi, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, ki)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    倚: Hán Nôm readings: ỷ, ấy

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