亦(yì)

HSK 7-96 strokes

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Character information

Pinyin
yì
Meaning
also
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 亦 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亠？

A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亠tóu

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 亦 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 亦

Common words using 亦 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bù不yì亦lè乐hū乎
HSK 7-9

lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)

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bù不yì亦

(literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!

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yì亦qiě且

variant of 抑且[yi4 qie3]

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yì亦zuò作

also written as

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yì亦bù步yì亦qū趋

to blindly follow suit (idiom)

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yì亦zhuāng庄

Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality

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rén人yún云yì亦yún云

to say what everyone says (idiom)

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fǎn反zhī之yì亦rán然

vice versa

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Related characters

More HSK 7-9 characters

丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 亦’s common words

不乐乎且作步趋庄

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