Definitions

(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 貽|贻[yí]

Etymology phono-semantic

speech

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The character 诒 (traditional: 詒) combines the semantic speech radical 讠with the phonetic component 台. In classical texts, it carries two distinct meanings depending on pronunciation: one sense is to bequeath or hand down, while the other means to deceive through false speech.

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Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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