Keyword
second person singular pronoun
- he she
- this
- that
- used in transliterations
- Frequency
- #930
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
yī100%
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 尹 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
伊朗
Iran
伊
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克 (Yīlākè)); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗 (Yīlǎng))
Particle
伊拉克
Iraq
伊斯兰
Islam
伊斯兰教
Islam
伊丽莎白
Elizabeth (person name)
伊凡
Ivan (Russian name)
伊斯坦布尔
Istanbul, Turkey
特洛伊
ancient city of Troy
弗洛伊德
Floyd (name); Freud (name); Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
伊始
outset; beginning
伊甸园
Garden of Eden
木乃伊
(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
伊莉莎白
Elizabeth; also written 伊丽莎白
苏伊士运河
Suez Canal
伊斯兰堡
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
伊玛目
imam (Islam) (loanword)
伊娃
Eva (name)
伊斯坦堡
(Tw) Istanbul
伊比利亚
Iberia; the Iberian peninsula
伊人
(literary) that person (usually female); she; one's intended
伊戈尔
Igor
伊索
Aesop (c. 620–560 BC), ancient Greek storyteller and supposed author of Aesop's Fables
巴哈伊
Baha'i (religion)