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缢

yì

Character Traditional 縊

What 缢 means

1. literaryto die by hanging or strangulation

Words starting with 缢

• 缢死yì sǐto execute by hanging; to hang oneself
• 缢杀yì shāto strangle to death
• 缢颈yì jǐngto hang oneself

Words containing 缢

• 自缢zì yìto hang oneself
• 绞缢jiǎo yìto be hanged; to hang oneself
• 投缳自缢tóu huán zì yìto hang oneself (idiom)

Characters built on 益

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

• 溢yìto overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 镒
• 镒yìancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 两
• 谥shì(bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title

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