Unicode: U+88D4

Pinyin: yì

Definition

* 衣服的边缘。 * 边,边远的地方。 海~。四~。 * 后代子孙。 后~。华~。 * 〔~~〕a.四散流布的样子,如"淫淫~~,缘陵流泽";b.形容舞姿或步履袅娜;如"纡长袖而屡舞,翩跹跹以~~"。 * 姓

progeny, descendants, posterity

Structure

裔 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
33_E15D
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_88D427_E6E7
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
93_E13193_E13293_E13393_E13493_E130
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_EF5E83_EF5F83_EF6083_EF6183_EF62

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC