弈
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yì · Chinese chess

Master the form, understand its parts, and learn how it behaves in real Chinese.

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Learn every stroke in 弈

Replay the complete order, pause on difficult movements, inspect one stroke at a time, then write it yourself with live correction.

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See how 弈 is constructed

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Character anatomy

Understand the reusable parts

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

Writing notes

Shape and proportion

9Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

廾Key radical

Use the highlighted radical in the animation as a visual anchor for remembering the form.

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Read and listen

Example sentences

Notice where 弈 sits in each complete thought.

Zài dà bó yì qī jiàn, ā fù hàn shì yí gè huǎn chōng guó.在大博弈期間,阿富汗是一個緩衝國。

During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.

Source: Tatoeba #816920 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wèn tí bú shì zhèng zhì bù chún jié, ér shì zhěng gè zhèng zhì bó yì yǐ jīng fǔ xiǔ.問題不是政治不純潔,而是整個政治博弈已經腐朽。

The trouble is not with impure politics, but that the whole game of politics is rotten.

Source: Tatoeba #13119003 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 弈 in context

  1. Say yì, then recall the core meaning: Chinese chess.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 博弈 (bó yì), meaning “games”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 弈 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.