姨yí

姨

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Modern simplified form (簡體). 姨 (yí, "maternal aunt") remains unchanged from traditional to simplified, combining the 女 (woman) radical with 夷 as a phonetic component. The character captures the essence of female kinship — one's mother's sister — though unlike 山, the visual form offers no picture of its meaning, relying instead on the ancient pairing of radical and sound.

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Shuowen

姨. It is composed of 女 (woman) and the phonetic 夷; the earliest form represented a female relative, specifically a mother’s sister, hence the meaning “maternal aunt.”

Pinyin

yí· HSK 1

姨yí

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