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嶷

nì / yí
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 bright and precocious (of a young child)
  2. 2 lofty; outstanding; towering

Examples

幼儿明嶷。
Yòu'ér míng nì.
From a young age the child was bright and quick.
其德嶷嶷。
Qí dé nì nì.
His virtue was lofty and outstanding.

Tips

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Read 嶷 (chiefly doubled as 嶷嶷) it describes a child who is precociously clever, or by extension something lofty and outstanding. This reading is classical and you meet it only in old texts like the 诗经.

Components

radical
山 shān
mountain
The mountain radical 山 on the left carries the meaning in this reading, the character names a famous peak, 九嶷山.
phonetic
疑 yí
to doubt; suspect (phonetic)
疑 supplies the sound yí, which is why the mountain is also written 九疑 with the bare phonetic; it carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

嶷 nì