裔
(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2 yi4] "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
13 strokes
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How 裔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
冏 (semantic, “bright”) + 衣 (phonetic, yī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 衣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 衣 (yī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衣 sound component | yī | cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat |
| 依 | yī | to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to |
| 哀 | āi | sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve |
| 袭 | xí | to attack, to raid; to inherit |
| 铱 | yī | iridium |
Words containing 裔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少数族裔 | shǎo shù zú yì | ethnic minority |
| 支与流裔 | zhī yǔ liú yì | lit. branches and descendants; of a similar kind; related |
| 日裔 | Rì yì | of Japanese descent |
| 亚裔 | Yà yì | of Asian descent |
| 后裔 | hòu yì | descendant |
| 族裔 | zú yì | ethnic group |
| 华裔 | Huá yì | ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry |
| 边裔 | biān yì | remote area; distant marches |
| 非裔 | Fēi yì | of African descent |
| 苗裔 | miáo yì | offspring; descendant; progeny |
| 巫裔 | Wū yì | (Malaysia, Singapore) ethnic Malays |
| 胄裔 | zhòu yì | descendants |
| 裔胄 | yì zhòu | descendants; offspring |