彝

彝 · yí

Yi (nationality); tripod, wine vessel; rule

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yí
Cantonese
ji4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Yi (nationality); tripod, wine vessel; rule

Dictionary definitions & readings

彝 Yí · Yi ethnic group

彝 yí · (archaic) wine vessel; (archaic) sacrificial vessel; (literary) rule; convention

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
20962.180:yí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1362.060:yí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
432.160:yí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yí粵ji4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
イ つね Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
이:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
以脂 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VMFFT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2744.2 2744.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0362.260 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1237c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5F5D
Radical
彐 · 58
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6364

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
彝
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

彞

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yij · 以脂 · 止開三平脂以 · #145

PHONO-ML, source line 1202; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
507.204
kCowles
1273
kGSR
1237c
kHanYu
20962.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20962.180
kIRGKangXi
0362.260
kKangXi
0362.260
kKarlgren
321
kMatthews
3001
kMeyerWempe
854
kMorohashi
09950
kNelson
1587 1588
kSMSZD2003Index
210.13 205.20
kCangjie
VMFFT
kFourCornerCode
2744.2 2744.9
kHKGlyph
1252
kMojiJoho
MJ011245
kPhonetic
558 1540
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-524D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C255
kIRG_JSource
J0-5733
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-41EF
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A51
kIRG_TSource
T3-5764
kRSUnicode
58.15
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C255
kCCCII
213D50
kCNS1986
E-5764
kCNS1992
3-5764
kEACC
213D50
kGB0
5045
kGB1
5045
kJis0
5519
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1744
kTGH
2013:6364
kTaiwanTelegraph
1744
kXerox
267:105
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4766+55.3.15 C+4766+58.3.15
kCantonese
ji4
kDefinition
Yi (nationality); tripod, wine vessel; rule
kFanqie
以脂
kHangul
이:1N
kHanyuPinyin
20962.180:yí
kJapanese
イ つね
kJapaneseKun
TSUNE
kJapaneseOn
I
kKorean
I
kMandarin
yí
kSMSZD2003Readings
yí粵ji4
kTGHZ2013
432.160:yí
kTang
i
kXHC1983
1362.060:yí
kTraditionalVariant
U+5F5E

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
30dictionary records using 彝0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿳ Three rows
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
彑 above (米 beside 糸) above 廾 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿳彑⿰米糸廾$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿳彑⿰米糸廾$(GHTJKP)

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