贻 Stroke Order

贻 yí 1. To present; to give as a gift. [En.] present 2. To leave behind; to bequeath. [En.] leave behind; bequeath Additional meanings: 1. Same as the primary meaning ([En.] present) - Example: From "The Book of Songs," "贻我彤管" (Give me the red tube). - Example: The beauty's gift. - Example: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu's "On Teachers," "I admire his ability to follow the ancient way, and compose 'On Teachers' to present it to him." - Example: Ming Dynasty, Wei Xueyi's "Nucleus Boat Record," "Once bestowed upon me was a nucleus boat, covering Su's journey on the Red Cliff." 2. In ancient texts, the characters 诒 and 贻 are interchangeable. According to Qing Dynasty's Zheng Zhen, the character "贻" was modified after the Han dynasty. - Example: 贻饷 (Leave as a gift); 贻赠 (Offering, giving). 3. To leave behind; to bequeath. [En.] leave behind; bequeath - Example: From "The Book of Songs," "贻我来牟" (Leave it for me). - Example: Tang Dynasty, Li Chaowei's "The Legend of Liu Yi," "Sitting left the deaf and blind." - Example: 贻累 (Implicate); 贻笑 (Be ridiculed); 贻谋 (Left ideas); 贻厥 (Leaving behind); 贻燕 (Leaving stability for future generations); 贻臭万年 (Infamous legacy lasting for eternity, difficult to erase). 贻 yí As a noun: Refers to a type of marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the Mytilidae family (English: mussel), typically having an oval or elongated shell, with a black chitinous layer, attached by thread-like foot filaments secreted by the animal.