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挹

(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out; (literary) to draw toward oneself

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,473 U+6339

How 挹 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 邑 (phonetic, yì)

components: 扌 邑

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 邑

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 邑 (yì) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
邑 sound component yì area, district, city, state
悒 yì sorrowful, depressed

Words containing 挹

WordPinyinMeaning
挹取 yì qǔ to ladle out; to scoop up
冲挹 chōng yì to defer to; to be submissive
挹注 yì zhù to shift resources into areas of need; to inject funds; to balance resources
奖挹 jiǎng yì to reward and promote
挹酌 yì zhuó to pour out wine
钦挹 qīn yì to admire and respect; to look up to
挹掬 yì jū to scoop up water with the hands
㧑挹 huī yì to be extremely modest and polite