wēi​yí

meandering

wēi winding

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqrol
Unicodeqyuɛ

說文解字

逶迆,衺去之皃。从辵委聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yí, yǐ, tuó wind

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

Sound component
also

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglalʔ
Unicode
iɛ̌

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang