遺

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See also: 遗 and 遣
遺 U+907A, 遺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907A
← 遹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 遻 →

Translingual

Han character

遺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一金 (YLMC), four-corner 35308, composition ⿺辶貴)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39134
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3882, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+907A

Chinese

trad. 遺
simp. 遗
2nd round simp. ⿺辶乙
alternative forms
𨗮
𨗭
𨖽
𨗔
𧸃
𨗮
𨗭
𨖽
𨗔
𧸃
𧸯
𧸽
 

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藬 *l'uːl
僓 *l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹 *l'uːl
穨 *l'uːl
蘈 *l'uːl
隤 *l'uːl
墤 *l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵 *l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪 *l'uːl
瀢 *l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼 *kluːl, *ɡruls
膭 *kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒 *kluːds
靧 *ɡluːds
潰 *ɡluːls
繢 *ɡluːds
嬇 *ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨 *ɡluːds
闠 *ɡluːds
簣 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳 *kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵 *ŋɡruːds
樻 *kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡 *kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱 *ɡruds
臾 *ɡruds, *lo
饋 *ɡruls
櫃 *ɡruds
遺 *lul, *luls
壝 *lul, *lulʔ
瞶 *luls, *kluls
貴 *kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lul, *luls) : semantic 辶 (“move”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • î - literary;
  • ûi - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 遺
Mandarin Beijing /i³⁵/
Harbin /i²⁴/
Tianjin /i⁴⁵/
Jinan /i⁴²/
Qingdao /i⁴²/
Zhengzhou /i⁴²/
Xi'an /i²⁴/
Xining /ji²⁴/
Yinchuan /i⁵³/
Lanzhou /i⁵³/
Ürümqi /i⁵¹/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /i³¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i³¹/
Nanjing /i²⁴/
Hefei /zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /i¹¹/
Pingyao
Hohhot /i³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦi²³/
Suzhou /ɦi¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦi²¹³/
Wenzhou /vu³¹/
Hui Shexian /i⁴⁴/
Tunxi /i⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /i¹³/
Xiangtan /i¹²/
Gan Nanchang /i⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /vi¹¹/
Taoyuan /vui¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wɐi²¹/
Nanning /wɐi²¹/
Hong Kong /wɐi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ui³⁵/
/i³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /mi⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /zui⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zi³¹/
Rime
Character 遺
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以追切
Baxter ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jʷi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/juɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jwi/
Li
Rong 		/ui/
Wang
Li 		/jwi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/wi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 遺
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ywij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)uj/
English leave; reject

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 遺
Reading # 1/2
No. 4741
Phonetic
component 		貴
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		惟
Old
Chinese 		/*lul/

Definitions

遺

  1. to lose; to lose track of
  2. to omit; to leave out
  3. to abandon; to forgo; to abolish; to annul
  4. to forget; to fail to remember
  5. to lack; to be short of
  6. to leave behind; to leave over; to hand down
  7. to bequeath; to leave behind at one's death; to leave in will
  8. left by the deceased
  9. to emit; to discharge (involuntarily)
  10. something lost; lost articles; lost property

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 遺
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以醉切
Baxter ywijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/juɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jwiH/
Li
Rong 		/uiH/
Wang
Li 		/jwiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/wiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 遺
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ywijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)uj-s/
English to present

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 遺
Reading # 2/2
No. 4745
Phonetic
component 		貴
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		遺
Old
Chinese 		/*luls/

Definitions

遺

  1. (literary) to bestow; to offer as a gift
  2. † to hand over; to turn over; to pay

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 遺
Kyūjitai
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遺󠄁
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(Adobe-Japan1)
遺󠄃
遺+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遺

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遺
い
Grade: 6
kan'on

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. something fallen, something lost or left behind

Affix

遺(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. be left, remain
  2. leave behind after one's death, bequeath
  3. leave behind, forget
  4. give, present
  5. let leak
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遺
ゆい
Grade: 6
goon

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

遺(ゆい) • (yui) 

  1. leave behind after death
Usage notes

Only used in 遺(ゆい)言(ごん) (yuigon, “will; testament”).

References

  1. ^ “遺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

遺 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遺: Hán Nôm readings: di

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