壄 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

yě HSK6

open country

approved by 龍龖龘𪚥167 · Jul 6, 2026, 11:44 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jul 7, 2026, 03:39 AM

Added components, descriptions for them, and changed the etymology description. Based on the description of 野 on the Multi-Function Chinese Character Database and other Dong Chinese wiki entries.

Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages, historicalPronunciations

Variant of 野. Depicts an area filled with trees (林) and dirt (土) found on the outskirts of a city. 予 represents the sound.

Components

林 Iconic component

Depicts a forest on the outskirts.

土 Iconic component

Depicts dirt found on the outskirts.

予 Sound component

Change in sound

壄 and 予 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

Character origin: https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E9%87%8E
Readings & variants: Unicode