佚

Translingual

Han character

佚 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手人 (OHQO), four-corner 2523₀, composition ⿰亻失)

1. indulge in pleasures
2. flee
3. a surname

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 516
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 134, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4F5A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05856 Transcribed ancient scripts L25923 L25924
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (失) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
眣	*ʔr'aːd, *l'iːɡ, *l̥ʰiɡ
蛈	*l̥ʰiːɡ
迭	*l'iːɡ
跌	*l'iːɡ
瓞	*l'iːɡ
昳	*l'iːɡ
胅	*l'iːɡ
軼	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
苵	*l'iːɡ
镻	*l'iːɡ
詄	*l'iːɡ
泆	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
趃	*l'iːɡ
柣	*sl̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iɡ
抶	*l̥ʰiɡ
秩	*l'iɡ
帙	*l'iɡ
紩	*l'iɡ
袠	*l'iɡ
翐	*l'iɡ
妷	*l'iɡ
失	*hliɡ
佚	*liɡ
劮	*liɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *liɡ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ)

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		佚
alternative forms		逸 軼／轶 lost; to excel

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jat⁶
    • Yale: yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: yit

Rime
Character	佚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	夷質切
Baxter	yit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jit̚/
Li Rong	/iĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*liɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佚
Reading #	1/1
No.	11427
Phonetic component	失
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逸
Old Chinese	/*liɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佚

1. to be lost

   佚書／佚书  ―  yìshū  ―  lost ancient book

   佚名  ―  yìmíng  ―  anonymous

2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 逸 (yì).
   1. easy; leisurely
   2. indulgent
   3. to escape; to flee; to be reclusive
   4. to excel
3. ^† beautiful
4. ^† fault
5. a surname

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		佚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛt̚⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佚

1. Used in 佚蕩／佚荡 (“free; unrestrained”).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 迭 (dié, “to alternate; alternately”).

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Japanese

Kanji

佚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: いち (ichi); でち (dechi)
• Kan-on: いつ (itsu); てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: のがれる (nogareru, 佚れる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
佚
いつ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 佚 (MC yit).

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

Noun

佚(いつ) • (itsu) 

1. (literary) ease

Affix

佚(いつ) • (itsu) 

1. ease; comfort
2. lost; unknown

See also

• 逸(いつ) (itsu)

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Korean

Hanja

佚 • (il, jil) (hangeul 일, 질, revised il, jil, McCune–Reischauer il, chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佚: Hán Nôm readings: dật, giặt

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References

• Nom Foundation