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屹

yì

Character

What 屹 means

1. high and steep

Words starting with 屹

• 屹立yì lìto tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)

Words containing 屹

• 巍然屹立wēi rán yì lìto stand tall and rock-solid (idiom); towering majestically…

Characters built on 乞

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

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 迄qìas yet; until
• 讫qìfinished
• 汔qìnear

Characters that look like 屹

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

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill

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