以 — Chinese character

以

yǐ

according to; so as to; because of; then

Pinyin: yǐ
Radical: 9 ⼈ (Man)
Strokes: 5
Components: 人
Japanese: 以 as a kanji

Common words with 以

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
可以	kě yǐ	can; may
以及	yǐ jí	and; as well as
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result
以后 (以後)	yǐ hòu	after; later
以下	yǐ xià	that level or lower; that amount or less
以上	yǐ shàng	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
以来 (以來)	yǐ lái	since (used after a specified time or event)
以前	yǐ qián	before; formerly
以为 (以為)	yǐ wéi	to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
难以 (難以)	nán yǐ	hard to (predict, imagine etc)
以外	yǐ wài	apart from; other than
得以	dé yǐ	able to; so that sb can

English words written with 以

以 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 163 · Analects 211 · Art of War 95 · I Ching 23 · Mencius 635 · Zhuangzi 1252 · Great Learning 35 · Doctrine of the Mean 79

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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