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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yí | yi2
English translation
a river in southeast Shandong

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵斤

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and jīn represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
临沂 Lín yí Linyi prefecture-level city in Shandong臨沂
Yi River, Shandong
临沂市 Lín yí shì Linyi prefecture-level city in Shandong臨沂市
沂水 Yí shuǐ Yishui county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂 Lín yí [Lín​yí], Shandong沂水 Yí shuǐ
沂源县 Yí yuán xiàn Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博 Zī bó [Zī​bó], Shandong沂源縣
新沂 Xīn yí Xin'yi city in Xuzhou 徐州 Xú zhōu [Xú​zhōu], Jiangsu新沂 Xīn yí
沂源 Yí yuán Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博 Zī bó [Zī​bó], Shandong沂源 Yí yuán
沂南 Yí nán Yi'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂 Lín yí [Lín​yí], Shandong沂南 Yí nán
沂南县 Yí nán xiàn Yi'nan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂 Lín yí [Lín​yí], Shandong沂南縣
沂水县 Yí shuǐ xiàn Yishui county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂 Lín yí [Lín​yí], Shandong沂水縣
新沂市 Xīn yí shì Xin'yi city in Xuzhou 徐州 Xú zhōu [Xú​zhōu], Jiangsu新沂市 Xīn yí shì
临沂地区 Lín yí dì qū Linyi prefecture in Shandong臨沂地區

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