懿

懿 · yì

virtuous, admirable, esteemed

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yì
Cantonese
ji3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

virtuous, admirable, esteemed

Dictionary definitions & readings

懿 yì · (literary) exemplary; virtuous

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42371.030:yì,yī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1368.170:yì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
436.060:yì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yì粵ji3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
イ よい ああ うるわしい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
의:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
乙兾 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GTIOP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4713.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0409.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
354.19 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0395d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+61FF
Radical
心 · 61
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
18
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6465

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
懿
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'ijH · 乙兾 · 止開三去脂影 · #2229

PHONO-ML, source line 12986; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
549.604
kCowles
1260
kDaeJaweon
0749.070
kFennIndex
223.11
kGSR
0395d
kHanYu
42371.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
0749.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42371.030
kIRGKangXi
0409.050
kKangXi
0409.050
kKarlgren
201
kMatthews
2999
kMeyerWempe
845a
kMorohashi
11501 11501:E0101
kSBGY
354.19
kSMSZD2003Index
234.04
kCangjie
GTIOP
kFenn
734G
kFourCornerCode
4713.8
kHKGlyph
1450
kMojiJoho
MJ012045 MJ012045:E0101 MJ012046:E0102
kPhonetic
1500
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C32
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C574
kIRG_JSource
J0-5874
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDDF
kIRG_KSource
K0-6B73
kIRG_TSource
T1-7B60
kRSUnicode
61.18
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
C574
kCCCII
213F5A
kCNS1986
1-7B60
kCNS1992
1-7B60
kEACC
213F5A
kGB0
6018
kGB1
6018
kJis0
5684
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2034
kTGH
2013:6465
kTaiwanTelegraph
2034
kXerox
265:113
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4925+33.3.19 C+4925+61.4.18 C+4925+151.7.15
kCantonese
ji3
kDefinition
virtuous, admirable, esteemed
kFanqie
乙兾
kHangul
의:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42371.030:yì,yī
kJapanese
イ よい ああ うるわしい
kJapaneseKun
YOI
kJapaneseOn
I
kKorean
UY
kMandarin
yì
kSMSZD2003Readings
yì粵ji3
kTGHZ2013
436.060:yì
kXHC1983
1368.170:yì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
壹 beside 恣 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰壹恣$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰壹恣$(GHTJKP)

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