夷
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yí · ancient barbarian tribes

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Character anatomy

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The decomposition shows how the visual pieces fit together, not necessarily the character’s historical origin.

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Shape and proportion

6Total strokes

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OverlaidCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 夷

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Example sentences

Notice where 夷 sits in each complete thought.

Yǒu qù guò xià wēi yí de rén ma?有去过夏威夷的人吗?

Has anybody here been to Hawaii?

Source: Tatoeba #348915 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ yǐ jīng qù guò xià wēi yí le ma?你已经去过夏威夷了吗?

Have you ever been to Hawaii?

Source: Tatoeba #334581 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè ér yǒu rén qù guò xià wēi yí ma?这儿有人去过夏威夷吗?

Has anybody here been to Hawaii?

Source: Tatoeba #787368 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù xià wēi yí xiūjià le liǎng zhōu.我去夏威夷休假了两周。

I went to Hawaii on vacation for a couple of weeks.

Source: Tatoeba #13882082 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng yào qù xià wēi yí.我想要去夏威夷。

I want to go to Hawaii.

Source: Tatoeba #4394674 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā qù guò xià wēi yí jǐ cì.他去过夏威夷几次。

He has been to Hawaii several times.

Source: Tatoeba #5555689 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 夷 in context

  1. Say yí, then recall the core meaning: ancient barbarian tribes.
  2. Write all 6 strokes while keeping the overlaid balanced.
  3. Use it in 化险为夷 (huà xiǎn wéi yí), meaning “to turn peril into safety”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 夷 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.