What 轶 means
Read the compound, not 轶 alone. 轶事 is an anecdote or unrecorded story, 轶闻 is a little-known story, and 超轶 means to outstrip or surpass.
The Eastern Han Shuowen Jiezi explains it as one vehicle passing another, the image behind “surpass.” The same sense of slipping past the record gives 轶事 and 轶闻 their “unrecorded story” meaning. Traditional Chinese writes the same character as 軼.
Established and literary in compounds.
轶事 means an anecdote, not automatically a joke.
Who writes 轶
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Combination ideas
2an unrecorded anecdote
a little-known story
Questions people ask
1Why do I see 軼?
It is the traditional Chinese form of 轶; the spelling changes, not the core sense.
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How to type or find 轶
- Search it as
- 轶 · 轶事 · 轶闻 · 逸事 · 軼 · 超轶 · yi4
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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\8F76How to type 轶
Type yi and select 轶; enter 轶事 to narrow candidates.
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HTML decimal
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HTML hex
轶
CSS content
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