What 诒 means
Context decides between “pass on” and “deceive.” Mandarin yí (rising tone) means handing down or giving; dài (falling tone) means deception. 诒厥孙谋 leaves plans for descendants; 骨肉相诒 means deceiving kin.
詒 appears in a Warring States inscription on the bronze vessel Zhongshan King Ding; one reading ties it to refusing a death-sentence pardon. The Book of Songs (poetry), Zuo Tradition (chronicle), and Songs of Chu (poetry) use it for a legacy, a letter, and a gift. 言 signals speech (shortened to 讠 in 诒); 台 hints at sound.
Its examples have a classical, literary tone.
Who writes 诒
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Questions people ask
1Why does 诒 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 诒
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- yi · dai · 詒 · 贻
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诒\8BD2Codes and encoding1 code points
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