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邑

yì

Character

What 邑 means

1. city
2. village

Words containing 邑

• 城邑chéng yì(literary) towns; cities
• 封邑fēng yìgrant of territory by an emperor or monarch (old)
• 干邑Gān yìCognac; brandy 白兰地
• 采邑cài yìfief
• 首邑shǒu yìlocal capital; regional capital
• 伯邑考Bó Yì kǎoBo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王
• 夏邑县Xià yì XiànXiayi, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市
• 大邑县Dà yì XiànDayi, a county in Chengdu City 成都市
• 平邑县Píng yì XiànPingyi, a county in Linyi City 临沂市
• 旬邑县Xún yì XiànXunyi, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 昌邑区Chāng yì QūChangyi, a district of Jilin City 吉林市
• 昌邑市Chāng yì ShìChangyi, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市
• 武邑县Wǔ yì XiànWuyi, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市
• 临邑县Lín yì XiànLinyi, a county in Dezhou City 德州市
• 高邑县Gāo yì XiànGaoyi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 鹿邑县Lù yì XiànLuyi, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市
• 鄠邑区Hù yì QūHuyi, a district of Xi'an City 西安市
• 夏邑Xià yìsee 夏邑县
• 大邑Dà yìsee 大邑县
• 平邑Píng yìsee 平邑县
• 旬邑Xún yìsee 旬邑县
• 昌邑Chāng yìsee 昌邑市; see 昌邑区
• 武邑Wǔ yìsee 武邑县
• 临邑Lín yìsee 临邑县

Characters built on 口

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

• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 只zhǐonly; merely; just
• 吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb

Characters that look like 邑

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

• 色sècolor; look; appearance
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 兔tùrabbit
• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 苞bāobud; flower calyx; luxuriant
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

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