倚

See also: 徛

倚 U+501A, 倚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501A ← 候 [U+5019] CJK Unified Ideographs 倛 → [U+501B]

Translingual

Han character

倚 (radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大一口 (OKMR), four-corner 2422₁, composition ⿰亻奇)

References

• KangXi: page 108, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 776
• Dae Jaweon: page 230, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 173, character 1
• Unihan data for U+501A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		倚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倚
Small seal script s05760 Transcribed ancient scripts L34147 L34148 L34149 L13645 L13646 L13647
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 (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²
• Min Nan (POJ): óa / í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: i3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa / í
    • Tâi-lô: uá / í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oar, ie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁵³/, /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴/, /i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁵³/, /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua⁵³/, /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹/, /i⁴¹/

Note:

• óa - vernacular;
• í - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiᴇ^X/, /ʔˠiᴇ^H/

Rime
Character	倚	倚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於綺切	於義切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇX/	/ʔˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛX/	/ʔᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛX/	/ʔiɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆X/	/ʔjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔjeX/	/ʔjeH/
Wang Li	/ǐeX/	/ǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔie̯X/	/ʔie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	yì

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qralʔ/, /*qrals/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/
English	lean on
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倚	倚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10018	10022
Phonetic component	奇	奇
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	倚	倚
Old Chinese	/*qralʔ/	/*qrals/

Definitions

倚

1. to lean
2. to rely on; to depend on

Compounds

• 不偏不倚 (bùpiānbùyǐ)
• 中立不倚
• 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
• 倚伏
• 倚傍
• 倚兒不當／倚儿不当
• 倚勢／倚势 (yǐshì)
• 倚勢挾權／倚势挟权
• 倚多為勝／倚多为胜
• 倚天
• 倚官仗勢／倚官仗势
• 倚官託勢／倚官托势
• 倚富欺貧／倚富欺贫
• 倚廬／倚庐
• 倚強凌弱／倚强凌弱
• 倚強欺弱／倚强欺弱 (yǐqiáng qī ruò)
• 倚恃 (yǐshì)
• 倚扉而望
• 倚托
• 倚杖
• 倚歌
• 倚玉偎香

• 倚瑟
• 倚翠
• 倚翠偎紅／倚翠偎红
• 倚老賣老／倚老卖老 (yǐlǎomàilǎo)
• 倚聲／倚声
• 倚草附木
• 倚薄
• 倚負／倚负
• 倚財仗勢／倚财仗势
• 倚賴／倚赖 (yǐlài)
• 倚賴性／倚赖性
• 倚重 (yǐzhòng)
• 倚門／倚门
• 倚門之娼／倚门之娼
• 倚門佇望／倚门伫望
• 倚門倚閭／倚门倚闾
• 倚門傍戶／倚门傍户
• 倚門賣俏／倚门卖俏
• 倚門賣笑／倚门卖笑
• 倚閭／倚闾
• 倚閭之望／倚闾之望
• 倚靠 (yǐkào)

• 倚馬千言／倚马千言
• 倚馬可待／倚马可待
• 偎倚 (wēiyǐ)
• 偎紅倚翠／偎红倚翠
• 偎香倚玉
• 偏倚
• 徙倚
• 憑倚／凭倚
• 拔地倚天
• 挾權倚勢／挟权倚势
• 挾貴倚勢／挟贵倚势
• 松蘿共倚／松萝共倚
• 毗倚
• 泰山可倚
• 無偏無倚／无偏无倚
• 狼狽相倚／狼狈相倚
• 相倚為命／相倚为命
• 相倚為彊／相倚为强
• 禍福倚伏／祸福倚伏
• 禍福相倚／祸福相倚
• 蒹葭倚玉
• 跛倚

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Japanese

Kanji

倚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i); き (ki)
• Kun: よる (yoru); たのむ (tanomu)

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Korean

Hanja

倚 • (ui, gi) (hangeul 의, 기, revised ui, gi, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

倚: Hán Nôm readings: ỷ, ấy

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