Character: 揖
Modern (Beijing) reading: yī
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔip
Classic Old Chinese: ʔip
Western Han Chinese: ʔjǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔjǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔjip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔjip
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔjip
Middle Chinese: ʔjip
English meaning : to bow, salute
Russian meaning[s]: 1) приветствовать сложением рук; откланяться; поклон; 2) сделать подарок, поднести; 3) уступить
Comments: Used also for OC *ćip (in Shi 5,3), MC cjip (FQ JY 即入), Pek. jí 'to cluster together'. The word rhymes in *-ip and should be kept distinct from the phonetically and semantically similar 集 *ʒ(h)ǝp q.v., although all kinds of confusions (early and late) were possible - see under 集.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 2685
Karlgren code: 0688 g
Shijing occurrences: 5.3_
