遗

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(bound form) to leave behind

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To leave 辶 something valuable 贵 behind

Components 辶贵

bequeath · Heisig RSH #1341

贵 expensive + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
分子遗传学	fēn zǐ yí chuán xué	molecular genetics
小学而大遗	xiǎo xué ér dà yí	to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
非物质文化遗产	fēi wù zhì wén huà yí chǎn	intangible cultural heritage
光遗传学	guāng yí chuán xué	optogenetics
世界文化遗产	Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn	(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
文化遗产	wén huà yí chǎn	cultural heritage
非遗传多型性	fēi yí chuán duō xíng xìng	polyphenism
遗传学	yí chuán xué	genetics
遗传性	yí chuán xìng	hereditary; inherited; genetic
遗传物质	yí chuán wù zhì	genetic material
遗传工程	yí chuán gōng chéng	genetic engineering
表观遗传学	biǎo guān yí chuán xué	epigenetics
不遗余力	bù yí yú lì	to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
无遗	wú yí	completely; fully; without omission
遗体	yí tǐ	remains (of a dead person)
表露无遗	biǎo lù wú yí	to show in full light; to be revealed in its entirety
后遗症	hòu yí zhèng	(medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath
遗物	yí wù	personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
遗风	yí fēng	tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic
遗体告别式	yí tǐ gào bié shì	funeral