壄 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

yě HSK6

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Jun 17, 2026, 05:09 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Jun 17, 2026, 05:09 PM

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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

lín forest

Depicts a forest on the outskirts.

土 Iconic component

tǔ earth

Depicts dirt found on the outskirts.

予 Sound component

yǔ give

Change in sound

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

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	laːʔ

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