裔 yì progeny
progeny; descendants
How to remember 裔: 衣 clothes + 冏 window = progeny. Great-grandma keeps her wedding clothes by the window and says they will one day be worn by all her progeny.
Component breakdown
裔 = 衣 clothes + 冏 window
- 衣 clothes
- 冏 window
Great-grandma keeps her wedding clothes by the window and says they will one day be worn by all her progeny.
How it is used
- A bound character meaning 'descendant/lineage' - 后裔 (hòuyì) descendant, 华裔 (huáyì) a person of Chinese descent (e.g. 华裔美国人, Chinese-American).
- -裔 attaches to origins to mark ethnic descent: 非裔 (African descent), 亚裔 (Asian descent).