Chinese Character Wiki

毅

yì

resolute

Components
豙 sound component

豙  Sound component

  

殳 meaning component

殳  Meaning component

shū

  

weapon or tool

tool

Evolution

毅 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
毅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毅 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
毅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毅  

yì

resolute, decisive, firm, persist; firm and resolute; staunch

Most common words with 毅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毅力

perseverance

毅然

firmly

坚毅

firm and persistent

毅

staunch

陈毅

Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ]ə[t]-s

ngj+jH

yì

bold


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5217% of movies

3088th most common character in movies

1946th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+6BC5

Shuowen

“毅，妄怒也。一曰有決也。从殳，豙聲。”


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