yí
harmony
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 怡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
harmony | ||
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress | ||
Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist | ||
lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed | ||
happy and content (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lə | yi | yí | cheerful |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.1052% of movies
3282nd most common character in movies
2519th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+6021 |
Shuowen | “怡,和也。从心,台聲。” |
Sources
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