裔
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(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2 yi4] "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
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Words with 裔
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少数族裔 | ethnic minority | |
| 支与流裔 | lit. branches and descendants; of a similar kind; related | |
| 日裔 | of Japanese descent | |
| 亚裔 | of Asian descent | |
| 后裔 | descendant | |
| 族裔 | ethnic group | |
| 华裔 | ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry | |
| 边裔 | remote area; distant marches | |
| 非裔 | of African descent | |
| 苗裔 | offspring; descendant; progeny | |
| 巫裔 | (Malaysia, Singapore) ethnic Malays | |
| 胄裔 | descendants | |
| 裔胄 | descendants; offspring |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 衣 — compare how they read.