裔(yì)

HSK 7-913 strokes

(bound form) descendants

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Character information

Pinyin
yì
Meaning
(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔 "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 裔 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱衣冏

In this compound, the meaning comes from 冏 (bright); 衣 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

衣yī冏jiǒng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 裔 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 裔

Common words using 裔 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hòu后yì裔
HSK 7-9

descendant

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huá华yì裔
HSK 7-9

ethnic Chinese

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yà亚yì裔

of Asian descent

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wū巫yì裔

(Malaysia, Singapore) ethnic Malays

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zú族yì裔

ethnic group

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rì日yì裔

of Japanese descent

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fēi非yì裔

of African descent

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From 裔’s common words

后华亚巫族日非

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