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羿

Yì

Character

What 羿 means

1. surname Yi
2. name of a legendary archer (also called {后羿|Hòu Yì})

Words containing 羿

• 后羿Hòu YìHouyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

Characters that look like 羿

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

• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 癸guǐtenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; tenth in order…
• 莽mǎng(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish…
• 晖huīsunshine; to shine upon; variant of 辉
• 笋sǔnbamboo shoot
• 畀bìto confer on; to give to

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