匜
yí

basin

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Feb 14, 2026, 05:59 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Feb 14, 2026, 05:59 AM

fixed stroke sequence (https://www.strokeorder.com/chinese/%E5%8C%9C)

Changed fields: strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyelaj ewer

說文解字

《說文》：“匜，似羹魁，柄中有道，可以注水。从匚，也聲。”

Sources

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