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矣
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particle of completed

HSK 7
Communication →Language
yǐ
イ
의
Phonosemantic compound. 㠯 represents the sound and 矢 represents the meaning.
Components
㠯 by-means-of (archaic)+ 矢 dart =
矣 particle of completed
㠯 Phonetic component
yǐ by-means-of (archaic)
according to
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矢 Meaning component
shǐ dart
arrow, dart
Notes
Similar Characters
允 consent台 platform (simp)耜 spade-shaped tool薛 Xue侯 marquis医 physician (jp)寅 sign of the tiger彘 swine族 tribe矦 target疾 rapid知 know矧 much雉 crenellated矫 rectify (simp)矬 a dwarf短 short矮 short of stature矯 rectify (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
矣
Regular
Modern
Chinese
矣 [yǐ]
classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
往事已矣 [wǎng​shì​yǐ​yǐ]
the past is dead (idiom)