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

Derived characters

𣺈, 𦟑, 𧱺, 𥰧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa / í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
  - Wade–Giles: i³
  - Yale: yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji²
  - Yale: yí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa
  - Tâi-lô: uá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /ua⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ua⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
  - Tâi-lô: í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /i⁵³/

Note:

óa - vernacular;
í - literary.

Middle Chinese: 'jeX, 'jeH

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)	III	III
Fanqie	於綺切	於義切
Baxter	'jeX	'jeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇ^X/	/ʔˠiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛ^X/	/ʔᵚiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛ^X/	/ʔiɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆^X/	/ʔjiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ʔje^X/	/ʔje^H/
Wang Li	/ǐe^X/	/ǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔie̯^X/	/ʔie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji²	ji³

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	‹ ʔje^X ›
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

to lean on; to lean against
to rely on; to depend on; to lean on
to be partial toward; to lean toward

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

倚

(Hyōgai kanji)

to lean on; to lean against
Synonym: 寄
to rely on; to depend on
Alternative form of 椅: chair
Alternative form of 踦, 畸: lame, crippled; unbalanced

Readings

From Middle Chinese 倚 (MC 'jeX); compare Mandarin 倚 (yǐ):

Go-on: い (i)^{←い (i, historical)}
Kan-on: い (i)^{←い (i, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 倚 (MC kje); compare Mandarin 倚 (jī):

Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}
Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: たのむ (tanomu)、よる (yoru, 倚る)
Nanori: より (yori)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

倚: Hán Nôm readings: ỷ, ấy

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.