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)

References

KangXi: 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
Min Nan (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)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji²
  - Yale: yí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (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: /ʔˠiᴇ^X/, /ʔˠiᴇ^H/

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
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/
Bernard 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

不偏不倚 (bùpiānbùyǐ)
中立不倚
倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
倚伏
倚傍
倚天
倚恃 (yǐshì)
倚扉而望
倚托
倚杖
倚歌
倚玉偎香
倚瑟
倚翠
倚草附木
倚薄
倚重 (yǐzhòng)
倚靠 (yǐkào)
偎倚 (wēiyǐ)
偎香倚玉
偏倚 (piānyǐ)
徙倚
拔地倚天

毗倚
泰山可倚
蒹葭倚玉
跛倚
倚兒不當／倚儿不当
倚勢／倚势 (yǐshì)
倚勢挾權／倚势挟权
倚多為勝／倚多为胜
倚官仗勢／倚官仗势
倚官託勢／倚官托势
倚富欺貧／倚富欺贫
倚廬／倚庐
倚強凌弱／倚强凌弱
倚強欺弱／倚强欺弱 (yǐqiáng qī ruò)
倚翠偎紅／倚翠偎红
倚老賣老／倚老卖老 (yǐlǎomàilǎo)
倚聲／倚声
倚負／倚负
倚財仗勢／倚财仗势
倚賴／倚赖 (yǐlài)
倚賴性／倚赖性
倚郭縣／倚郭县

倚門／倚门
倚門之娼／倚门之娼
倚門佇望／倚门伫望
倚門倚閭／倚门倚闾
倚門傍戶／倚门傍户
倚門賣俏／倚门卖俏
倚門賣笑／倚门卖笑
倚閭／倚闾
倚閭之望／倚闾之望
倚馬千言／倚马千言
倚馬可待／倚马可待 (yǐmǎkědài)
偎紅倚翠／偎红倚翠
憑倚／凭倚
挾權倚勢／挟权倚势
挾貴倚勢／挟贵倚势
松蘿共倚／松萝共倚
無偏無倚／无偏无倚
狼狽相倚／狼狈相倚
相倚為命／相倚为命
相倚為彊／相倚为强
禍福倚伏／祸福倚伏
禍福相倚／祸福相倚

Japanese

Kanji

倚

(uncommon “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 ʔˠiᴇ^X); compare Mandarin 倚 (yǐ):

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

From Middle Chinese 倚 (MC kˠiᴇ); 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

倚(い)音(おん) (ion)
倚(い)几(き) (iki)
倚(い)子(し) (ishi)
倚(い)藉(しゃ) (isha)
倚(い)信(しん) (ishin)
倚(い)像(ぞう) (izō)
倚(い)重(ちょう) (ichō)
倚(い)伏(ふく) (ifuku)
倚(い)門(もん) (imon)
倚(い)閭(りょ) (iryo)
倚(い)廬(ろ) (iro)
倚(き)魁(かい) (kikai) (畸(き)魁(かい))
倚(き)人(じん) (kijin) (畸(き)人(じん))
依(い)倚(い) (ii)
徙(し)倚(い) (shii)
跛(ひ)倚(い) (hii)
付(ふ)倚(い), 附(ふ)倚(い) (fui)
偏(へん)倚(い) (hen'i)
邐(り)倚(い) (rii)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

倚: Hán Nôm readings: ỷ, ấy

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