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轶

yì

Character Traditional 軼

What 轶 means

1. bound form(of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of {佚|yì})
2. bound formto surpass the ordinary; outstanding (variant of {逸|yì})

Words starting with 轶

• 轶闻yì wénanecdote; apocryphal story
• 轶事遗闻yì shì yí wénanecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
• 轶事yì shìvariant of 逸事
• 轶群yì qúnvariant of 逸群

Words containing 轶

• 收残缀轶shōu cán zhuì yìto gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)

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…
• 佚yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive
• 帙zhìbook cover
• 泆yìlicentious, libertine, dissipate

Characters that look like 轶

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

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

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