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伊

伊

伊 U+4F0A, 伊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0A
← 伉
[U+4F09] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伋 →
[U+4F0B]

Translingual

Han character

伊 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人尸大 (OSK), four-corner 27257, composition ⿰亻尹)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 95, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 432
  • Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 126, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4F0A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伊
Oracle bone script

j18844

j18845

j18846

j18847

j18848

j18849

j18850

j18851

j18852

j18853

j18854

j18855

j18856

j18857

j18858

j18859

j18860

j18861

j18862

j18863

j18864

j18865

j18866

j18867

j18868

j18869

j18870

j18871

j18872

j18873
Bronze inscriptions

b12254

b12255

b12256
Large seal script

L30330

L30331

L30332

L30333

L01990

L01991

L01992

L01993

L01994

L01995

L01996

L01997
Small seal script

s05675
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (尹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
芛 *ɢʷelʔ, *ɢʷid
伊 *qlil
咿 *qlil
蛜 *qlil
笋 *sɢʷinʔ
尹 *ɢʷlinʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 伊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於脂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔi/
Li
Rong		 /ʔi/
Wang
Li		 /i/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 伊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔij/
English this

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 伊
Reading # 1/1
No. 15296
Phonetic
component		 尹
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 伊
Old
Chinese		 /*qlil/
Notes 說文古文死聲，小徐雲俗本作尹聲

Definitions

伊

  1. (chiefly Classical Chinese, Min, Wu) he, him; she, her; it; this
    儂來找我兒子，伊正好勿辣海，對勿起。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    侬来找我儿子，伊正好勿辣海，对勿起。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    I am sorry that you come to see my son, but he is not present now
    我無共伊講。 / 我无共伊讲。 [Min Nan]  ―  Góa bô kā i kóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I didn't tell him.
  2. A surname​. Yi
  3. Abbreviation of 伊拉克: Iraq
  4. Abbreviation of 伊朗: Iran

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 伊、彼、其、渠、斯、此
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 他
Mandarin Beijing 他、怹
Taiwan 他
Jinan 他
Xi'an 他
Wuhan 他、他家
Chengdu 他
Yangzhou 他
Hefei 他
Cantonese Guangzhou 佢
Hong Kong 佢、其、渠
Taishan 佢
Yangjiang 佢
Gan Nanchang 佢
Hakka Meixian 佢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 佢
Liudui (S. Sixian) 佢
Hsinchu (Hailu) 佢
Dongshi (Dabu) 佢
Zhuolan (Raoping) 佢
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 佢
Jin Taiyuan 他
Min Bei Jian'ou 佢
Min Dong Fuzhou 伊
Min Nan Xiamen 伊
Taipei 伊
Chaozhou 伊
Wu Shanghai 伊
Suzhou 俚、俚倷、唔倷
Hangzhou 他
Wenzhou 渠
Chongming 伊
Danyang 他
Jinhua 渠
Tangxi 渠、渠儂
Ningbo 渠、渠儂
Xiang Changsha 他
Shuangfeng 他

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

伊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

伊 • ‎(i) (hangeul 이, McCune-Reischauer yi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伊 (y, ì, huy)

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References

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