遺

See also: 遗 and 遣

遺 U+907A, 遺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907A ← 遹 [U+9079] CJK Unified Ideographs 遻 → [U+907B]

Translingual

Han character

遺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一金 (YLMC), four-corner 3530₈, composition ⿺辶貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39134
• Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3882, character 7
• Unihan data for U+907A

Chinese

trad.		遺
simp.		遗
2nd round simp.		⿺辶乙
alternative forms		𨗮 𨗭 𨖽 𨗔 𧸃 𨗮 𨗭 𨖽 𨗔 𧸃 𧸯 𧸽

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lul, *luls) : semantic 辶 (“move”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation 1

Variety	Location	edit 遺
Mandarin	Beijing	/i³⁵/
	Harbin	/i²⁴/
	Tianjin	/i⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/i⁴²/
	Qingdao	/i⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/i⁴²/
	Xi'an	/i²⁴/
	Xining	/ji²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/i⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/i⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/i⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/i²¹³/
	Chengdu	/i³¹/
	Guiyang	/i²¹/
	Kunming	/i³¹/
	Nanjing	/i²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/i¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/i³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦi²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/vu³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/i⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/i⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/i¹³/
	Xiangtan	/i¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/i⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/vi¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/vui¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɐi²¹/
	Nanning	/wɐi²¹/
	Hong Kong	/wɐi²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ui³⁵/ /i³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/mi⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/i²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zui⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zi³¹/

Rime
Character	遺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以追切
Baxter	ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/
Li Rong	/ui/
Wang Li	/jwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/wi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj/
English	leave; reject
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遺
Reading #	1/2
No.	4741
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	惟
Old Chinese	/*lul/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vei³

• Gan (Wiktionary): i⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vì / vùi / yì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): i¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): mì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): î / ûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vei²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: i⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì / vùi / yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ / vui^ˇ / i^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² / vui² / yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/, /vu̯i¹¹/, /i¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì / vùi / yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ / vui^ˇ / (r)i^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² / vui² / yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/, /vu̯i¹¹/, /(j)i¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋi¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: i¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /i¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
    • Tâi-lô: î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
    • Tâi-lô: uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ui²⁴/

Note:

• î - literary;
• ûi - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yi
    • MiniDict: yi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: i²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i¹³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: ywij

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lul/

Definitions

遺

1. to lose; to lose track of
2. to omit; to leave out
3. to abandon; to forgo; to abolish; to annul
4. to forget; to fail to remember
5. to lack; to be short of
6. to leave behind; to leave over; to hand down
7. to bequeath; to leave behind at one's death; to leave in will
8. left by the deceased
9. to emit; to discharge (involuntarily)
10. something lost; lost articles; lost property

Compounds

• 一覽無遺／一览无遗 (yīlǎnwúyí)
• 丁村遺址／丁村遗址
• 不遺／不遗 (bùyí)
• 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
• 九畹遺容／九畹遗容 (Jiǔ Wǎn Yíróng)
• 二程遺書／二程遗书
• 代筆遺囑／代笔遗嘱
• 公證遺囑／公证遗嘱
• 刈蓍遺簪／刈蓍遗簪
• 半坡遺址／半坡遗址
• 噍類無遺／噍类无遗
• 墮珥遺簪／堕珥遗簪
• 夢遺／梦遗 (mèngyí)
• 天不憖遺／天不慭遗
• 孑遺／孑遗 (jiéyí)
• 密封遺囑／密封遗嘱
• 小遺／小遗 (xiǎoyí)
• 左拾遺／左拾遗
• 巨細無遺／巨细无遗 (jùxìwúyí)
• 巨細靡遺／巨细靡遗 (jùxìmǐyí)
• 後遺症／后遗症 (hòuyízhèng)
• 拾遺／拾遗 (shíyí)
• 拾遺舉過／拾遗举过
• 拾遺補闕／拾遗补阙
• 拾遺記／拾遗记
• 掇遺／掇遗
• 排遺／排遗
• 播惡遺臭／播恶遗臭
• 故家遺俗／故家遗俗
• 死無遺憂／死无遗忧
• 殆無孑遺／殆无孑遗
• 流風遺俗／流风遗俗
• 流風遺澤／流风遗泽
• 流風遺烈／流风遗烈
• 流風遺跡／流风遗迹
• 滄海遺珠／沧海遗珠 (cānghǎiyízhū)
• 無復孑遺／无复孑遗
• 甘棠遺愛／甘棠遗爱
• 白雪遺音／白雪遗音
• 盛德遺範／盛德遗范
• 祖遺／祖遗 (zǔyí)
• 算無遺策／算无遗策 (suànwúyícè)
• 細大無遺／细大无遗
• 終身遺憾／终身遗憾
• 纖悉無遺／纤悉无遗
• 纖芥不遺／纤芥不遗
• 藍田遺址／蓝田遗址
• 補缺拾遺／补缺拾遗
• 補遺／补遗 (bǔyí)
• 覆鹿遺蕉／覆鹿遗蕉
• 謀無遺策／谋无遗策
• 謀無遺諝／谋无遗谞
• 賞不遺賤／赏不遗贱
• 路不拾遺／路不拾遗 (lùbùshíyí)
• 路無拾遺／路无拾遗
• 道不拾遺／道不拾遗 (dàobùshíyí)
• 遺世／遗世 (yíshì)
• 遺世獨立／遗世独立
• 遺世絕俗／遗世绝俗
• 遺事／遗事 (yíshì)
• 遺作／遗作 (yízuò)
• 遺傳／遗传 (yíchuán)
• 遺傳學／遗传学 (yíchuánxué)
• 遺傳工程／遗传工程 (yíchuán gōngchéng)
• 遺傳病／遗传病 (yíchuánbìng)
• 遺像／遗像 (yíxiàng)
• 遺光／遗光
• 遺命／遗命
• 遺囑／遗嘱 (yízhǔ)
• 遺址／遗址 (yízhǐ)
• 遺失／遗失 (yíshī)
• 遺孀／遗孀 (yíshuāng)
• 遺孤／遗孤 (yígū)
• 遺孽／遗孽 (yíniè)
• 遺孽餘烈／遗孽余烈
• 遺容／遗容 (yíróng)
• 遺害／遗害 (yíhài)
• 遺少／遗少
• 遺尿／遗尿 (yíniào)
• 遺忘／遗忘 (yíwàng)
• 遺志／遗志 (yízhì)
• 遺忘症／遗忘症
• 遺念／遗念
• 遺恨／遗恨 (yíhèn)
• 遺恨千古／遗恨千古
• 遺愛／遗爱
• 遺憾／遗憾 (yíhàn)
• 遺才／遗才
• 遺挂
• 遺教／遗教
• 遺教經／遗教经
• 遺族／遗族 (yízú)
• 遺棄／遗弃 (yíqì)
• 遺棄罪／遗弃罪
• 遺業／遗业
• 遺毒／遗毒 (yídú)
• 遺民／遗民 (yímín)
• 遺漏／遗漏 (yílòu)
• 遺澤／遗泽
• 遺火／遗火
• 遺烈／遗烈 (yíliè)
• 遺照／遗照 (yízhào)
• 遺物／遗物 (yíwù)
• 遺珠／遗珠
• 遺珠之憾／遗珠之憾
• 遺珠棄璧／遗珠弃璧
• 遺產／遗产 (yíchǎn)
• 遺產稅／遗产税 (yíchǎnshuì)
• 遺留／遗留 (yíliú)
• 遺直／遗直
• 遺禍／遗祸 (yíhuò)
• 遺稿／遗稿
• 遺筆／遗笔
• 遺策／遗策
• 遺篇／遗篇
• 遺簪墮履／遗簪堕履
• 遺簪墜屨／遗簪坠屦
• 遺精／遗精 (yíjīng)
• 遺精夢泄／遗精梦泄
• 遺編絕簡／遗编绝简
• 遺缺／遗缺
• 遺老／遗老
• 遺聞／遗闻
• 遺腹／遗腹 (yífù)
• 遺腹子／遗腹子 (yífùzǐ)
• 遺臭／遗臭
• 遺臭千年／遗臭千年
• 遺臭萬代／遗臭万代
• 遺臭萬年／遗臭万年 (yíchòuwànnián)
• 遺臭萬載／遗臭万载
• 遺芳餘烈／遗芳余烈
• 遺著／遗著 (yízhù)
• 遺落／遗落 (yíluò)
• 遺行／遗行
• 遺表／遗表 (yíbiǎo)
• 遺言／遗言 (yíyán)
• 遺訓／遗训 (yíxùn)
• 遺詔／遗诏 (yízhào)
• 遺贈／遗赠 (yízèng)
• 遺跡／遗迹 (yíjì)
• 遺蹤／遗踪
• 遺蹟／遗迹 (yíjì)
• 遺音／遗音
• 遺響／遗响
• 遺願／遗愿 (yíyuàn)
• 遺風／遗风 (yífēng)
• 遺風餘思／遗风余思
• 遺風餘澤／遗风余泽
• 遺風餘烈／遗风余烈
• 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái)
• 遺體／遗体 (yítǐ)
• 遺墨／遗墨 (yímò)
• 鄒魯遺風／邹鲁遗风
• 野無遺才／野无遗才
• 野無遺賢／野无遗贤
• 錄遺／录遗
• 除疾遺類／除疾遗类
• 隔代遺傳／隔代遗传 (gédài yíchuán)
• 靡有孑遺／靡有孑遗
• 養癰遺患／养痈遗患
• 養虎遺患／养虎遗患 (yǎnghǔyíhuàn)
• 餘業遺烈／余业遗烈

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	遺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以醉切
Baxter	ywijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiH/
Li Rong	/uiH/
Wang Li	/jwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ywijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj-s/
English	to present
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遺
Reading #	2/2
No.	4745
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遺
Old Chinese	/*luls/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vei⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): mê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vei³²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/

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• Middle Chinese: ywijH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*luls/

Definitions

遺

1. (literary) to bestow; to offer as a gift
2. ^† to hand over; to turn over; to pay

Compounds

• 問遺／问遗
• 歸遺細君／归遗细君
• 裘葛之遺／裘葛之遗
• 贈遺／赠遗
• 遺書／遗书 (wèishū)
• 陳寔遺盜／陈寔遗盗
• 餉遺／饷遗
• 饋遺／馈遗

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	遺
Kyūjitai [1]	遺󠄁 遺+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遺󠄃 遺+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 遺

遺

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ゆい (yui, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: のこす (nokosu, 遺す)、わすれる (wasureru, 遺れる)、すてる (suteru, 遺てる)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遺
い Grade: 6
kan'on

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

遺(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. something fallen, something lost or left behind

Affix

遺(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. be left, remain
2. leave behind after one's death, bequeath
3. leave behind, forget
4. give, present
5. let leak

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 遺(い)棄(き) (iki): abandonment; desertion
• 遺(い)孤(こ) (iko): orphan
• 遺(い)産(さん) (isan): inheritance
• 遺(い)失(しつ) (ishitsu): loss
• 遺(い)伝(でん)子(し) (idenshi): gene
• 遺(ゆい)言(ごん) (yuigon); 遺(い)言(ごん) (igon): will

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遺
ゆい Grade: 6
goon

From Middle Chinese 遺 (MC ywij).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟i]

Affix

遺(ゆい) • (yui) 

1. leave behind after death

Usage notes

Only used in 遺(ゆい)言(ごん) (yuigon, “will; testament”).

References

1. “遺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

遺 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遺: Hán Nôm readings: di

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