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遗 yí to lose

How to remember 遗: 辶 road + 贵 expensive = to lose. Her expensive camera slips out of her bag as the tourist runs down the road after the bus, the one thing she never wanted to lose.

  • HSK 5
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical 辶

Component breakdown

遗 = 辶 road + 贵 expensive

  • 辶 road
  • 贵 expensive
    • 𠀐 shopping basket
    • 贝 sea shell
The Gushi story

Her expensive camera slips out of her bag as the tourist runs down the road after the bus, the one thing she never wanted to lose.

How it is used

  • Formal, written-register character - the everyday spoken verb for "lose (an object)" is 丢 diū, not 遗.
  • 很遗憾 (hěn yíhàn) "unfortunately / it's a pity" is the most useful compound, a polite way to express regret, e.g. when declining an invitation.
  • Most other compounds cluster around "what is left behind": 遗产 yíchǎn (inheritance/heritage), 遗传 yíchuán (heredity), 遗嘱 yízhǔ (a will).
  • 遗体 yítǐ is the respectful, formal word for a corpse used in obituaries and funerals, unlike the blunt 尸体.

Words with 遗