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亦

yì
HSK 7freq #3970

Meanings

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yì
  1. 1.also

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.also; too; likewise; still
  2. 2.only; just
  3. 3.already
  4. 4.although
  5. 5.again
  6. 6.a surname, Yi
  7. 7.meaningless particle

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Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – a human figure (大) with emphasis marks on the armpits — original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”). Later phonetically borrowed to represent 亦 (OC *laːɡ, “also”). Cognate with Mizo ve (“also; too”), Mizo vêk (“again; over again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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Stroke order

Components

亦亠㇑㇚八

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Synonyms

也都亦都乜嘛呠閣又又試已復閣再又閣再又閣又再再

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Derived terms

不亦不亦樂乎不亦乐乎亦步亦趨亦步亦趋亦然亦都人云亦云反之亦然死亦瞑目盜亦有道盗亦有道葉亦克叶亦克

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Related words

亦称 also known as不亦 (literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!亦即 namely亦且 variant of 抑且[yì qiě]亦作 also written as亦或 or亦庄 Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality不亦乐乎 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)反之亦然 vice versa人云亦云 to say what everyone says (idiom)亦步亦趋 to blindly follow suit (idiom)亦敌亦友 (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry