Unicode: U+8BD1

Pinyin: yì

Definition

* 把一种语言文字依照原义改变成另一种语言文字。 ~本。~文。~注。~著。~制。~音。口~。笔~。意~。直~。翻~。 * 解释;阐述

translate; decode; encode

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
55_EE76
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_8B6F
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 ->
81_F24C

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