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镒

yì

Character Traditional 鎰

What 镒 means

1. ancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang {两|liǎng}

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
• 谥shì(bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title
• 缢yì(literary) to die by hanging or strangulation

Characters that look like 镒

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

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 箔bóplaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil
• 镓jiāgallium (chemistry)
• 镐gǎoa pick
• 镊niè(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…

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