yí
扅
see 扊扅 (door bolt)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesbound morpheme
used in 扊扅 (horizontal wooden door bolt or latch)
This character does not appear independently; it is used exclusively in the compound 扊扅, which refers to the horizontal wooden bar used to bolt ancient doors. The term is also famous in classical literature as the title of a Han dynasty folk song (扊扅歌).
Gǔ古
dài代
de的
mén门
cháng常
yòng用
yǎn扊
yí扅
lái来
shuān闩
shàng上
。
Doors in ancient times were often barred with a wooden bolt (yan yi).
《
Yǎn扊
yí扅
gē歌
》
shì是
Hàn汉
dài代
de的
yī一
shǒu首
gǔ古
shī诗
。
The Song of the Door Bolt is an ancient poem from the Han Dynasty.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
yǎn扊
yí扅
shì是
yòng用
jiān坚
yìng硬
de的
mù木
tou头
zhì制
chéng成
de的
。
This type of door bolt is made from hard wood.