弈 — Chinese character
弈
yì
Chinese chess
- Pinyin
- yì
- Radical
- 55 ⼶ (Two Hands)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亦 廾
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hands; meaning component 廾; sound component 亦
Common words with 弈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling |
| 对弈 (對弈) | duì yì | to play go, chess etc |
| 博弈论 (博弈論) | bó yì lùn | game theory |
| 零和博弈 | líng hé bó yì | zero-sum game (economics) |
English words written with 弈
弈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 7
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.