裔 (yì): (bound form) descendants, (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔 "of Chinese descent"), (literary) distant lands
裔 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) descendants.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 衣 (phonetic) and 冏 (semantic). It ranks #2660 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 裔 bright. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- (bound form) descendants
- (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔 "of Chinese descent")
- (literary) distant lands
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后裔 | hòu yì | descendant |
| 亚裔 | yà yì | of Asian descent |
| 华裔 | huá yì | ethnic Chinese |
| 日裔 | rì yì | of Japanese descent |
| 支与流裔 | zhī yǔ liú yì | lit. branches and descendants |
| 少数族裔 | shǎo shù zú yì | ethnic minority |
| 非裔 | fēi yì | of African descent |
| 边裔 | biān yì | remote area |
| 族裔 | zú yì | ethnic group |
| 裔胄 | yì zhòu | descendants |
| 胄裔 | zhòu yì | descendants |
| 苗裔 | miáo yì | offspring |
| 巫裔 | wū yì | (Malaysia, Singapore) ethnic Malays |
裔 appears in 13 compound words: 8 as the first character, 92 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 裔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
裔字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
yì zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "裔" has different usages in different contexts.
纽约长岛华裔夫妇离奇失踪案 法拉盛女子盗领280万元...
niǔ yuē cháng dǎo huá yì fū fù lí qí shī zōng àn fǎ lā shèng nǚ zǐ dào lǐng 2 8 0 wàn yuán . . .
Mysterious Disappearance of Chinese Couple on Long Island, New York: Flushing Woman Fraudulently Claims 2.8 Million Yuan...
...皇后区百大权势榜 刘醇逸排第6 多领域华裔上榜
. . . huáng hòu qū bǎi dà quán shì bǎng liú chún yì pái dì 6 duō lǐng yù huá yì shàng bǎng
...Liu Chunyu Ranks 6th on Queens' Top 100 Power List; Chinese Americans Featured Across Multiple Sectors
川普批索马利亚裔社福诈欺 范斯冻结明州医疗经费
chuān pǔ pī suǒ mǎ lì yà yì shè fú zhà qī fàn sī dòng jié míng zhōu yī liáo jīng fèi
Trump criticizes Somali social welfare fraud Vance freezes Minnesota medical funding
美国波士顿台裔市长 法律人从政典范
měi guó bō shì dùn tái yì shì cháng fǎ lǜ rén cóng zhèng diǎn fàn
Taiwanese mayor of Boston, USA, a model of lawyer politics
...方煮锅贴过年 圈中老公杜燕歌系清朝皇族后裔
. . . fāng zhǔ guō tiē guò nián juān zhōng lǎo gōng dù yān gē xì qīng cháo huáng zú hòu yì
...is preparing potstickers for the New Year; her husband, Du Yange, is a descendant of the Qing dynasty royal family
有些人相信英国皇室是大卫王的后裔。
Yǒuxiērén xiāngxìn Yīngguó huángshì shì Dàwèi Wáng de hòuyì.
Some believe that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David.
汉满蒙回藏（以及中国的其他少数族裔们）一家亲。
Hàn mǎn mēng huí cáng （ yǐjí Zhōngguó de qítā shǎoshù zúyì men ） yījiā qīn.
Han, Manchu, Mongol, Hui and Tibetan people (as well as other minority groups in China) are kins in one family.
Character Family
衤 Radical Family — Characters sharing the clothing radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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