揖

How to write 揖, stroke by stroke

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What 揖 means

to greet by raising clasped hands

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 咠

Made of 扌 + 咠

Words with 揖

• 作揖zuò yīto bow with hands held in front
• 长揖cháng yīto bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
• 打拱作揖dǎ gǒng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 打躬作揖dǎ gōng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 罗圈儿揖luó quān r yīto bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
• 开门揖盗kāi mén yī dàoleaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
• 张揖zhāng yīZhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 广雅 and several lost works

Characters that sound like 揖

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