裔 yì progeny
progeny; descendants
怎么记住“裔”: 衣 clothes + 冏 window = progeny. Great-grandma keeps her wedding clothes by the window and says they will one day be worn by all her progeny.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
裔 = 衣 clothes + 冏 window
- 衣 clothes meaning
- 冏 window sound
Great-grandma keeps her wedding clothes by the window and says they will one day be worn by all her progeny.
How it came to be
The clothes give the meaning and the part below the sound; the word first meant the hem of a robe.
用法
- A bound character meaning 'descendant/lineage': 后裔 (hòuyì) descendant, 华裔 (huáyì) a person of Chinese descent (e.g. 华裔美国人, Chinese-American).
- -裔 attaches to origins to mark ethnic descent: 非裔 (African descent), 亚裔 (Asian descent).