亦 — Chinese character
亦
yì
also, too; likewise
- Pinyin
- yì
- Radical
- 8 ⼇ (Lid)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亠
- Formation
- ideographic — A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits
- Japanese
- 亦 as a kanji
Common words with 亦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不亦乐乎 (不亦樂乎) | bù yì lè hū | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully |
| 反之亦然 | fǎn zhī yì rán | vice versa |
| 人云亦云 | rén yún yì yún | to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view |
| 亦步亦趋 (亦步亦趨) | yì bù yì qū | to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly |
| 亦且 | yì qiě | variant of 抑且 (yì qiě) |
| 不亦 | bù yì | (literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is! |
| 亦作 | yì zuò | also written as |
| 亦即 | yì jí | namely; that is |
| 亦或 | yì huò | or |
| 亦敌亦友 (亦敵亦友) | yì dí yì yǒu | (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry |
| 亦称 (亦稱) | yì chēng | also known as; alternative name |
亦 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 13 · Analects 47 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 111 · Zhuangzi 148 · Great Learning 5 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 37
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 49
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 50
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 60
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