Unicode: U+9824

Pinyin: yí

Definition

* 面頰,腮。 支~。解( jiě )~。~指氣使。 * 休養,保養。 ~神。~養。 * 文言助詞,無義:"夥~!涉之為王沈沈者"

cheeks; jaw; chin; rear; to nourish

Structure

頤 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_EF09
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_F68D27_982427_E9F5
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_F52E93_F52F93_F530
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 ->
84_F21384_F21484_F21584_F21684_F21784_F21A84_F21884_F21984_F21B84_F21C

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