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依

依

依 U+4F9D, 依
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F9D
← 侜
[U+4F9C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侞 →
[U+4F9E]

Translingual

Han character

依 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹女 (OYHV), four-corner 20232, composition ⿰亻衣)

  1. rely on, be set in
  2. consent, obey a wish

References

  • KangXi: page 102, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 607
  • Dae Jaweon: page 217, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 152, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4F9D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 依

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 依
Oracle bone script

j18935

j18936

j18937
Bronze inscriptions

b12302
Large seal script

L30337

L02012

L02013

L02014
Small seal script

s05761
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (衣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
哀 *qɯːl
依 *qɯl
衣 *qɯl, *qɯls
扆 *qɯlʔ
庡 *qɯlʔ
偯 *qɯlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯl) : semantic 亻 ‎(“person”) + phonetic 衣 ‎(OC *qɯl, *qɯls) – a person gives their consent.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 依
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於希切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔɨi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɨj/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiəi/
Wang
Li		 /ĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 依
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjɨj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔəj/
English lean upon

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 依
Reading # 1/1
No. 14836
Phonetic
component		 衣
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 依
Old
Chinese		 /*qɯl/

Definitions

依

  1. rely on, be dependent upon

Japanese

Kanji

依

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Related terms

  • 依って

Korean

Hanja

依 • ‎(ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

依 (y, e, ỷ, ỉa)

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References

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