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Keyword
to bow
  • to salute
  • to defer
  • to yield
Frequency
#4606
Strokes
12
Readings
yī
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 咠 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
揖yī
to greet by raising clasped hands
作揖zuòyī
to bow with hands held in front
长揖chángyī
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 the arms straight (a form of greeting)