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奕

yì

Character

What 奕 means

1. abundant
2. graceful

Words starting with 奕

• 奕䜣Yì xīnGrand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician…
• 奕𬣞Yì zhǔgiven name of Qing Emperor Xianfeng 咸丰

Words containing 奕

• 陈奕迅Chén Yì xùnEason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
• 神采奕奕shén cǎi yì yìin glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life; radiating health and vigor
• 卫奕信Wèi yì xìnDavid Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert…
• 精神奕奕jīng shén yì yìin great spirits; to have great vitality

Characters built on 亦

These share the phonetic component 亦 (yì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 弈yìancient name for go (Chinese board game)

Characters that look like 奕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 柔róusoft; flexible; supple
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 易easy; amiable; to change
• 亿100 million
• 亦also
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands