Chinese Character 伊 Meanings and components.

Form

伊

Meaning

伊 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yi.

Abbr. For 伊拉克[Yi1 La1 Ke4], Iraq.

Abbr. For 伊朗[Yi1 Lang3], Iran.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 伊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Yin (尹)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OSK

How to write 伊

To write伊yi1surname Yi you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 尹yin3surname Yin arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 尹 = 伊

伊 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 伊 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 伊, looks as follow:

伊
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yi . Abbr. For 伊拉克[Yi1 La1 Ke4], Iraq . Abbr. For 伊朗[Yi1 Lang3], Iran
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
尹
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Yin
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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