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佚

yì

Character

What 佚 means

1. bound form(of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)
2. bound formreclusive

Other readings

佚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yìsurname Yi
• diéold variant of {迭|dié}

Words starting with 佚

• 佚名yì míng(of an author) anonymous

Words containing 佚

• 亡佚wáng yìnonextant; lost to the ages
• 散佚sàn yìto be scattered and lost
• 骄奢淫佚jiāo shē yín yìvariant of 骄奢淫逸

Characters built on 失

These share the phonetic component 失 (shī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 帙zhìbook cover
• 泆yìlicentious, libertine, dissipate

Characters that look like 佚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 侃kǎnupright and honest; cheerful; to chat idly
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 易easy; amiable; to change
• 亿100 million
• 亦also
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands