遺

See also: 遗 and 遣

Translingual

Han character

遺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一金 (YLMC), four-corner 3530₈, composition ⿺辶貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39134
• Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3882, character 7
• Unihan data for U+907A

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Chinese

trad.		遺
simp.		遗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lul, *luls) : semantic 辶 (“move”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遺

1. to lose; to lose track of
2. to omit; to leave out
3. to abandon; to forgo; to abolish; to annul
4. to forget; to fail to remember
5. to lack; to be short of
6. to leave behind; to leave over; to hand down
7. to bequeath; to leave behind at one's death; to leave in will
8. left by the deceased
9. to emit; to discharge (involuntarily)
10. something lost; lost articles; lost property

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): mê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/

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• Middle Chinese: ywijH

Rime
Character	遺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以醉切
Baxter	ywijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiH/
Li Rong	/uiH/
Wang Li	/jwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ywijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj-s/
English	to present
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	遺
Reading #	2/2
No.	4745
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遺
Old Chinese	/*luls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遺

1. ^† to bestow; to offer as a gift
2. ^† to hand over; to turn over; to pay

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Japanese

Kanji

遺

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ゆい (yui, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: のこす (nokosu, 遺す); わすれる (wasureru, 遺れる); すてる (suteru, 遺てる)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遺
い Grade: 6
kan'on

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

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

Noun

遺(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. something fallen, something lost or left behind

Affix

遺(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. be left, remain
2. leave behind after one's death, bequeath
3. leave behind, forget
4. give, present
5. let leak

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 遺(い)棄(き) (iki): abandonment; desertion
• 遺(い)孤(こ) (iko): orphan
• 遺(い)産(さん) (isan): inheritance
• 遺(い)失(しつ) (ishitsu): loss
• 遺(い)伝(でん)子(し) (idenshi): gene
• 遺(ゆい)言(ごん) (yuigon); 遺(い)言(ごん) (igon): will

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遺
ゆい Grade: 6
goon

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Affix

遺(ゆい) • (yui) 

1. leave behind after death

Usage notes

Only used in 遺言(ゆいごん) (yuigon, “will; testament”).

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Korean

Hanja

遺 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 遺 (di)

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