Chinese symbol for “lost”
佚
yì
(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lost is 佚 (yì), defined as: (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lost”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷 | mí | to bewilder; crazy about |
| 迷路 | mí lù | to lose the way; lost |
| 失传 (失傳) | shī chuán | (of skills etc) to die out; lost |
| 散失 | sàn shī | to squander; lost |
| 去向不明 | qù xiàng bù míng | missing; lost |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 佚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亡佚 | wáng yì | nonextant; lost to the ages |
| 散佚 | sàn yì | to be scattered and lost |
| 佚名 | yì míng | (of an author) anonymous |
| 骄奢淫佚 (驕奢淫佚) | jiāo shē yín yì | variant of 骄奢淫逸 (jiāo shē yín yì) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lost”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.