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yì

Character Formation
Definition	govern, control, manage; nurture
Formation Method	(指事) Indicative. The crossing lines convey the idea of cutting with shears. This character is nearly identical to 㐅, an ancient form of the number five 五 with the difference being just the direction of the curvature on one of the lines.

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