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薏

yì

Character

What 薏 means

1. see {薏苡|yì yǐ}

Words starting with 薏

• 薏仁yì réngrains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
• 薏米yì mǐgrains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
• 薏苡yì yǐJob's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); adlay millet; Chinese pearl barley

Words containing 薏

• 洋薏仁yáng yì rénpearl barley
• 洋薏米yáng yì mǐpearl barley

Characters built on 意

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

• 臆yì(bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective
• 镱yìytterbium (chemistry)
• 癔yìused in 癔病
• 噫yīyeah (interjection of approval); to belch

Characters that look like 薏

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

• 蕾lěibud
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata
• 蕈xùnmold; mushroom

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