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Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
阝 囗 卩
Mandarin
yi4, e4
English
Definitions
city; area; district; state
Mnemonic
A walled city 囗 where people serve 卩
Etymology
Notes
Archaic form was a kneeling person 卩 with a block 囗 over its head: slaves carrying blocks to a building site?