yì
in sequence
Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 奕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
radiating health and vigor | ||
Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor | ||
abundant | ||
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992 |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ](r)Ak | yek | yì | great, ample (redupl.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.5766% of movies
3327th most common character in movies
3026th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+5955 |
Shuowen | “奕,大也。从大,亦聲。《詩》曰:‘奕奕梁山。’” |
Sources
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