迤

yí / yǐ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 逶迤) winding; meandering

Examples

HSK 6
Héliú wēiyí zhe shēnxiàng yuǎnfāng.
The river meandered slowly into the distance.
HSK 7-9
Shānlù wēiyí shí yú lǐ.
The mountain path wound on for over ten kilometers.

Tips

usage
The yí reading is the everyday one, bound in 逶迤 - a road, river, or mountain range stretching on in long, winding curves. It is a literary, descriptive word.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
to walk; path
The walking radical, written last and wrapping the lower left. It marks the character as something about a path or extending along - here a road winding on and on. It groups 迤 with 迂, 道, and 远.
phonetic
也 yě
phonetic component
The right-side element, supplying the sound (yě shifting to yí). It works purely as a pronunciation marker; the same element gives 他 and 池 their reading.

Stroke Order

迤 yí