羿

羿	U+7FBF, 羿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FBF

← 羾
[U+7FBE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

翀 →
[U+7FC0]

Translingual

Han character

羿 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一廿 (SMT), four-corner 1744₂, composition ⿱羽廾)

Derived characters

𫱐

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 955, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28625
Dae Jaweon: page 1400, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3342, character 5
Unihan data for U+7FBF

Chinese

trad.		羿
simp. ^#		羿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
笄	*kŋeː
枅	*kŋeː
蚈	kŋeː, ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿	*ŋeːs
栞	*ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃	ŋaːn, ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽	ŋreːn, tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅	*ŋeːn
幵	*kŋeːn
鳽	kŋeːn, ŋeːn, ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, ŋreːɡ
豣	kŋeːn, ŋeːns
麉	kŋeːn, ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼	kŋeːnʔ, ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧	ŋ̊ʰeːn, ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍	*ŋ̊ʰeːn
研	ŋɡeːn, ŋeːns
妍	*ŋeːn
訮	*hŋeːn
鈃	*ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeːs): semantic 羽 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶
  - Yale: ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: ngejH

Rime
Character	羿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五計切
Baxter	ngejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj^H/
Li Rong	/ŋei^H/
Wang Li	/ŋiei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤer-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	羿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁer-s/
English	(name of legendary archer)
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	羿
Reading #	1/1
No.	6155
Phonetic component	幵
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詣
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːs/
Notes	說文幵聲隸省變

Definitions

羿

(historical) the name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿)
a surname

Compounds

后羿 (Hòuyì)
后羿射日

Japanese

Kanji

羿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): げい (gei)

Vietnamese

Han character

羿: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ

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