裔 (jeoi6 | yi4) : descendant; posterity

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裔

jeoi6

yi4

[1] descendant; posterity; progeny
[2] hem of a garment, robe, etc.
[3] borderland; distant land

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

裔

Don't confuse with:
商

This word has been viewed 7886 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Feb 2011 03:52

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華裔 waa4 jeoi6 hua2 yi4 = ethnic Chinese; of Chinese descent

子裔 zi2 jeoi6 zi3 yi4 = offspring

華裔偶像 waa4 jeoi6 ngau5 zoeng6 hua2 yi4 ou3 xiang4 = ethnic-Chinese idol

華裔美國人 waa4 jeoi6 mei5 gwok3 jan4 = [n] a Chinese-American, an ethnic Chinese person of American descent

少數族裔 siu2 sou3 zuk6 jeoi6 shao3 shu4 zu2 yi4 = ethnic minority; racial minority

白裔 baak6 jeoi6 = the white race

黑裔 hak1 jeoi6 = the black race

韓裔 hon4 jeoi6 = ethnic Korean

西裔 sai1 jeoi6 = ethnic Spanish

日裔 jat6 jeoi6 = ethnic Japanese
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 12 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 裔
Unicode code for this character: U+88d4 (off-site link)

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