诒
yí

bequeath

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

台
台 Sound component
tái platform

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詒 bequeath Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

台
台 Sound component
tái platform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdojXlˤəʔdeceive, cheat
Zhengzhangl'ɯːʔ
lɯ

說文解字

相欺詒也。一曰遺也。从言台聲。

Sources

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