倚
yǐ HSK7

rely on

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔjeXCə.q(r)ajʔlean on
Zhengzhangqralʔ
qrals
Unicodegyɛ̌
gyɛ̌

說文解字

依也。从人奇聲。

Sources

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