仪 (yí) — (bound form) appearance; bearing; (bound form) ceremony; etiquette; rite; (bound form) apparatus; instrument; device
Definition
仪 (yí) is a bound form: it only appears inside compounds like 仪表 (bearing), 仪式 (ceremony), and 仪器 (instrument). It never stands alone as a word in modern Chinese.
bound form
appearancebearingceremonyetiquetteriteapparatusinstrumentdevice
Examples
- 。Hūn lǐ de yí shì hěn lóng zhòng.The wedding ceremony was very grand.
- 。Zhè tái yí qì fēi cháng jīng què.This instrument is very precise.
- 。Tā de yí biǎo dà fāng dé tǐ.His appearance is natural and appropriate.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today
In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.
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