Chinese Character Wiki
亦

yì

also

Pictograph of a person, with two dots at the armpits. Based on the original meaning "armpit", now written as 腋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
大 iconic component

大  Iconic component

dà, dài

  

big

Depicts a person.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Indicates the location of the armpits.

Evolution

亦 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
亦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亦 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
亦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亦  

yì

also, too; likewise; also

Most common words with 亦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亦

also

不亦乐乎

awfully

反之亦然

vice versa

亦步亦趋

to imitate slavishly

人云亦云

to say what everyone says (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (0 verified)

蛮 鸾 銮 孪 娈

Sound component in 6 characters (3 verified)

夜 跡 迹 奕 栾 弈

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

恋 弯

Unknown component in 3 characters (0 verified)

挛 峦 脔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ](r)Ak

yek

yì

armpit

*ɢ(r)Ak

yek

yì

also


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.1166% of movies

2582nd most common character in movies

886th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4EA6

Shuowen

“亦，人之臂亦也。从大，象兩亦之形。”


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