Pronunciation family

Chinese characters for “yi”

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1

First tone

yī

2

Second tone

yí

3

Third tone

yǐ

4

Fourth tone

yì

亿
yì

hundred million

3 strokes · HSK 3.0 L5
亦
yì

also, too

6 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9
翼
yì

wings, fins

17 strokes · HSK 2.0 L6
议
yì

to consult, to talk over

5 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9
译
yì

to translate, to interpret

7 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9
溢
yì

full

13 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9
阝
yì

place, town, city

2 strokes
乂
yì

to govern

2 strokes
义
yì

right conduct, propriety

3 strokes
弋
yì

to catch, to arrest

3 strokes
刈
yì

to cut off, to reap, to mow

4 strokes
忆
yì

to remember, to reflect upon

4 strokes
艺
yì

art

4 strokes
艾
yì

mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris

5 strokes
屹
yì

to rise, to stand tall

6 strokes
异
yì

different, strange, unusual

6 strokes
佚
yì

to indulge in pleasures

7 strokes
呓
yì

to talk in one's sleep

7 strokes
役
yì

servant, laborer

7 strokes
抑
yì

to curb, to hinder

7 strokes
耴
yì

7 strokes
邑
yì

area, district, city, state

7 strokes
佾
yì

a row or file of dancers

8 strokes
峄
yì

a range of peaks in Shandong and Jiangsu

8 strokes
怿
yì

glad, pleased

8 strokes
易
yì

to change

8 strokes
泆
yì

to overflow

8 strokes
绎
yì

to unravel

8 strokes
诣
yì

to reach

8 strokes
驿
yì

relay station

8 strokes
奕
yì

abundant

9 strokes
弈
yì

Chinese chess

9 strokes
疫
yì

epidemic, plague, pestilence

9 strokes
羿
yì

a legendary archer

9 strokes
轶
yì

to surpass, to overtake, to excel

9 strokes
悒
yì

sorrowful, depressed

10 strokes
挹
yì

to bale out

10 strokes
益
yì

to profit, to benefit

10 strokes
谊
yì

friendship

10 strokes
埶
yì

art

11 strokes
埸
yì

border, limit, frontier

11 strokes
殹
yì

an echo

11 strokes
異
yì

different, strange, unusual

11 strokes
翊
yì

flying

11 strokes
翌
yì

bright

11 strokes
豙
yì

11 strokes
逸
yì

to flee, to escape, to break loose

11 strokes
軼
yì

to surpass, to overtake, to excel

12 strokes
意
yì

thought, idea, opinion

13 strokes
睪
yì

to spy on

13 strokes
缢
yì

to hang

13 strokes
義
yì

right conduct, propriety

13 strokes
肄
yì

to learn, to practice, to study, to toil

13 strokes
裔
yì

progeny, descendants

13 strokes
詣
yì

to reach

13 strokes
瘗
yì

to bury, to inter

14 strokes
蜴
yì

lizard

14 strokes
億
yì

hundred million

15 strokes
毅
yì

decisive, firm, resolute

15 strokes
熠
yì

bright, sparkling

15 strokes
誼
yì

friendship

15 strokes
镒
yì

a measure of weight used for gold

15 strokes
劓
yì

to cut off the nose

16 strokes
嶧
yì

a range of peaks in Shandong and Jiangsu

16 strokes
憶
yì

to remember, to reflect upon

16 strokes
殪
yì

to die, to kill, to exterminate

16 strokes
縊
yì

to hang

16 strokes
薏
yì

lotus seed

16 strokes
翳
yì

shade, screen

17 strokes
臆
yì

chest, breast

17 strokes
鮨
yì

sushi

17 strokes
癔
yì

hysteria

18 strokes
镱
yì

ytterbium

18 strokes
藝
yì

art

19 strokes
繹
yì

to unravel

19 strokes
譯
yì

to translate, to interpret

20 strokes
議
yì

to consult, to talk over

20 strokes
囈
yì

to talk in one's sleep

22 strokes
懿
yì

admirable, esteemed, virtuous

22 strokes
驛
yì

relay station

23 strokes
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