伊 — Chinese character
伊
yī
he she; this, that; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- yī
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亻 尹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 尹
- Japanese
- 伊 as a kanji
Common words with 伊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伊始 | yī shǐ | outset; beginning |
| 木乃伊 | mù nǎi yī | (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse) |
| 伊玛目 (伊瑪目) | yī mǎ mù | imam (Islam) (loanword) |
| 伊人 | yī rén | (literary) that person (usually female); she |
| 伊曼 | yī màn | see 伊玛目 (yī mǎ mù) |
| 伊塔 | yī tǎ | eta (Greek letter Η, η) |
| 卡哇伊 | kǎ wā yī | cute; adorable |
| 伊蚊 | yī wén | Aedes, a genus of mosquito |
| 伊面 (伊麵) | yī miàn | yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle |
| 伊妹儿 (伊妹兒) | yī mèi r | (loanword) email |
| 伊媚儿 (伊媚兒) | yī mèi r | variant of 伊妹儿 (yī mèi r) |
| 伊府面 (伊府麵) | yī fǔ miàn | see 伊面 (yī miàn) |
English words written with 伊
伊 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 20 · Zhuangzi 3
- Analects 12.22
- Art of War 13.26
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 2B.2
- Mencius 5A.6
- Mencius 5A.7
- Mencius 5B.1
- Mencius 6B.6
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.