屹
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Meaning: high and steep
💡 Imagine a mountain (山) begging (乞) to be tall—so it stands steep and proud.
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Character Story & Explanation
Detective's note: The character 屹 combines the radical 山 (mountain) with the phonetic 乞 (qǐ, 'beg'). Originally depicting a mountain peak that is high and steep, 屹 conveys the sense of towering and immovable. It often appears in idioms like 屹立 (yìlì, 'stand firm') to describe something unyielding, such as a monument or a nation's spirit.
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