倚
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to lean on; to rely upon
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 人 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 倚
- Common rank
- #2,643
- Unicode
- U+501A
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
count on · Heisig RSH #2068
人 person + 奇 strange
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 倚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不偏不倚 | (idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased | |
| 倚老卖老 | (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control… | |
| 倚天屠龙记 | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin… | |
| 无倚无靠 | see 無依無靠|无依无靠[wu2 yi1 wu2 kao4] | |
| 倚重 | to rely heavily upon | |
| 倚托 | to rely upon | |
| 倚托 | variant of 倚托[yi3 tuo1] | |
| 背倚 | to have one's back against; to lean against; to be backed up by (a mountain etc) | |
| 偏倚 | to be partial; to favor | |
| 斜倚 | to recline | |
| 倚赖 | to rely on; to be dependent on | |
| 倚靠 | to lean on; to rest against; to rely on; support; backing; back of a chair | |
| 凭倚 | to rely on | |
| 倚仗 | to lean on; to rely on | |
| 蒹葭倚玉树 | lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom); fig. the lowly associating with the noble; the … | |
| 蒹葭倚玉 | see 蒹葭倚玉樹|蒹葭倚玉树[jian1 jia1 yi3 yu4 shu4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 奇 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 sound part | strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult | |
| 寄 | to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on | |
| 骑 | to ride, to mount; cavalry | |
| 椅 | chair, seat | |
| 绮 | fine silk; elegant, beautiful | |
| 崎 | rough, uneven; jagged, rugged | |
| 旖 | romantic; tender, charming | |
| 犄 | animal horns | |
| 猗 | exclamation of admiration | |
| 剞 | carving or engraving; knife; grave | |
| 埼 | headland | |
| 琦 | jade, gem, precious stone | |
| 掎 | to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet | |
| 欹 | pleading interjection |