㧑挹
huī​yì

extremely modest

㧑 huī, wéi (a simplified form 撝) to wave Simplified

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Readings & variants
Unicode

挹 yì to bale out

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

邑
邑 Sound component
yì, è city

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjipqipto bow; suppress; to ladle out
Zhengzhangqɯb

說文解字

抒也。从手邑聲。

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

撝 (a simplified form 撝) to wave Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷral
Unicodexyuɛ

說文解字

裂也。从手爲聲。一曰手指也。

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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)