淫逸
yín​yì

dissipation

淫 yín obscene

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霪

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

霪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyimN.r[ə]mexcess; licentious
Zhengzhanglɯm

說文解字

侵淫隨理也。从水㸒聲。一曰久雨爲淫。

Sources

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

逸 yì flee

To run 辶 like a rabbit 兔

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
兔
兔 Meaning component
tù rabbit

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyit[l]i[t]flee
Zhengzhanglid
Unicodeit

說文解字

失也。从辵、兔。兔謾訑善逃也。

Sources

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