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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Originally , a deformed version of . 以 is a further deformation of 厶 with the addition of "person" on the right side.

以 以 以 以
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

(radical 9 +3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女戈人 (VIO), four-corner 28100, composition)

  1. by means of
  2. thereby, therefore
  3. consider as
  4. in order to

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[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 94, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 388
  • Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 105, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4EE5

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale yi5, yu5)


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[edit] Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)


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[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin (yi3), zhǎng (zhang3), Wade-Giles i3, chang3)

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. Abbreviation for Israel, 以色列

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because

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(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. to use

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