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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Tián

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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A person with a scary face Tián

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

田共

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gǒng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of . Pictograph of a person with an unusual head.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
异常 yìcháng exceptional異常
差异 chā yì difference差異
other
怪异 guài yì monstrous怪異
诡异 guǐ yì strange詭異
异性 yì xìng the opposite sex異性
异议 yì yì objection異議
变异 biàn yì variation變異
奇异 qí yì fantastic奇異
优异 yōuyì exceptional優異
异教徒 yì jiào tú heathen異教徒
异地 yì dì abroad異地
特异性 tè yì xìng specific特異性
异国 yì guó exotic異國
诧异 chàyì flabbergasted詫異
异样 yì yàng difference異樣
无异 wú yì nothing other than無異
惊异 jīng yì amazed驚異
各异 gè yì all different各異
特异 tè yì excellent特異
异物 yì wù rarity異物
异化 yì huà alienation (philosophy)異化
离异 lí yì to divorce離異
异想天开 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing異想天開
异乡 yì xiāng foreign land異鄉

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