How to Write 埸 (yì) — Meaning “border / boundary / field”

Think of a field (土) where the sun (日) shines easily and changes (勿) the boundary lines. Imagine the sun moving across a farm field, marking the edges of each plot as the day passes.

The left radical 土 must be written with a short bottom horizontal stroke that turns upward slightly before the final horizontal line. The right part 易 has a narrow top (日) and wide bottom (勿); avoid making the 日 too big or the 勿 too cramped.

埸 (yì) specifically means border or field, while 型 (xíng) means model or type and has the radical 刂 (knife) instead of 土. 垌 (dòng) refers to a cave or hollow land and has a different right side (同), so it is visually and semantically distinct.

埸 is uncommon in everyday speech but appears in formal or literary words like 疆埸 (border) and 埸所 (location or venue). It is often used for historical or military frontier contexts, so you may encounter it in news about territorial boundaries or in classical texts.

Common words containing 埸 include: 疆埸 (jiāng yì) — Border / Frontier; 埸所 (yì suǒ) — place / location; 边埸 (biān yì) — Border / Frontier.