揖 — Chinese character
揖
yī
to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield
- Pinyin
- yī
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 扌 咠
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 咠
- Japanese
- 揖 as a kanji
Common words with 揖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作揖 | zuò yī | to bow with hands held in front |
| 长揖 (長揖) | cháng yī | to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping th |
| 打拱作揖 | dǎ gǒng zuò yī | to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly |
| 打躬作揖 | dǎ gōng zuò yī | to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly |
| 罗圈儿揖 (羅圈兒揖) | luó quān r yī | to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides) |
| 开门揖盗 (開門揖盜) | kāi mén yī dào | leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
揖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 4
- Analects 3.7
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 10.3
- Analects 10.5
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 4B.27
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
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