挹
(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out; (literary) to draw toward oneself
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,473 U+6339
How 挹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 邑 (phonetic, yì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 邑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 邑 (yì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邑 sound component | yì | area, district, city, state |
| 悒 | yì | sorrowful, depressed |
Words containing 挹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挹取 | yì qǔ | to ladle out; to scoop up |
| 冲挹 | chōng yì | to defer to; to be submissive |
| 挹注 | yì zhù | to shift resources into areas of need; to inject funds; to balance resources |
| 奖挹 | jiǎng yì | to reward and promote |
| 挹酌 | yì zhuó | to pour out wine |
| 钦挹 | qīn yì | to admire and respect; to look up to |
| 挹掬 | yì jū | to scoop up water with the hands |
| 㧑挹 | huī yì | to be extremely modest and polite |