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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

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

Han character [edit]

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

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

Derived characters [edit]

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping ji5, jyu5, Yale yi5, yu5)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

Abbreviation [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. Abbreviation for Israel, 以色列

Adverb [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

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

Verb [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin )

  1. to use

Compounds [edit]

Phrases [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

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References [edit]