姨

yí

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frequent character

mother's sister, aunt

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

姨 combines 女 woman with 夷 yí, which supplies the sound. It first meant 'wife's sister'. From that came 'sister of one’s mother' and then 'aunt'.

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Homophones

move, remove, shift, change, alter

apparatus, rites, appearance

(bound form) to doubt, to suspect

proper, should, suitable, appropriate

used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]

(bound form) to leave behind

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