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苡

yǐ

Character

What 苡 means

1. used in {芣苡|fú yǐ}
2. see {薏苡|yì yǐ}

Words starting with 苡

• 苡米yǐ mǐgrains of Job's tears plant 薏苡

Words containing 苡

• 薏苡yì yǐJob's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley
• 芣苡fú yǐvariant of 芣苢

Characters built on 以

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

• 拟nǐdoubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟
• 似sìto seem; to appear; to resemble
• 姒sìwife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 已already; to stop; then
• 椅chair
• 乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; second in order…
• 蚁ant
• 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen