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verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to extend toward; on toward (a direction)
  2. 2 (in 迤逦) meandering; winding along

Examples

Dàolù yǐlǐ, tōngxiàng shēnshān.
The road meandered on, leading deep into the mountains.
Yǐ běi zǒu biàn dào lǎo chéngqiáng.
Heading on toward the north you reach the old city wall.

Tips

usage
The yǐ reading appears in 迤逦 (winding along, of a road or procession) and in older directional usage like 迤北 ('on toward the north'). It is less common than the yí reading in 逶迤.

Components

radical
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 with , , and .
phonetic
phonetic component
The right-side element, supplying the sound (yě shifting to yí). It works purely as a pronunciation marker; the same element gives and their reading.

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