How to write 裔

裔 [yì] 名词 【本义】: 衣服的边缘 Original meaning: The hem of clothing. 1. 同本义 ([En.] hem)。也泛指边沿 Same as the original meaning ([En.] hem). It also refers to edges. 2. 边，边远的地方 ([En.] remote region; borderland; distant place) Edge; remote areas. 3. 边远地区的民族 ([En.] nationality in the remote region) Nationality in remote regions. 4. 后代 ([En.] descendants) Descendants. 【引】 1. 《楚辞》：麋何食兮庭中，蛟何为兮水裔。 From "Chu Ci": What does the deer feed in the courtyard? What does the dragon do by the water's edge? 【例】 又如: 裔邑 (边地) For example: "Yi Yi" (borderland). 【引】 1. 《左传》：流四凶族…投诸四裔。 From "Zuo Zhuan": The four evil tribes were cast into the four edges. 【例】 又如: 裔民 (流放边地的凶恶之民) For example: "Yi Min" (evil people exiled to borderlands). 【引】 1. 《左传》：裔不谌夏，夷不乱华。 From "Zuo Zhuan": The edge tribes should not disturb the Xia; the barbarians should not invade the Hua. 【例】 又如: 裔不谋夏 (夷狄不可侵乱华夏) For example: "Yi Bu Mou Xia" (the barbarians should not invade the Hua Xia). 【引】 1. 《书·微子之命》：功加于时，德垂后裔。 From "Shu": Achievements benefit the era, and virtue extends to descendants. 2. 《左传·襄公十四年》：谓我诸戎，是四岳之裔胄也。 From "Zuo Zhuan": Those barbarians are the descendants of our four mountains. 3. 《广韵》：裔，苗裔。 From "Guang Yun": "Yi", refers to descendants. 4. 《新唐书·李白传》：访后裔。 From "New Tang History": Seek out descendants. 【例】 又如: 裔胄 (后代的子孙); 裔子 (后代子孙); 裔姓 (同姓后代) For example: "Yi Zhou" (descendants); "Yi Zi" (descendants); "Yi Xing" (descendants with the same surname).