噫

噫 · yī

belch; alas

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yī
Cantonese
ji1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

belch; alas

Dictionary definitions & readings

噫 yī · yeah (interjection of approval); to belch

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10694.010:ǎi,yī,yì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1359.110:yī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
431.110:yī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yī粵ji1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
アイ イ オク エ ヨク オキ ああ おくび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於其 烏界 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RYTP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6003.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0210.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
062.45 384.43 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0957b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+566B
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6106

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
噫
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
'i · 於其 · 止開三平之影 · #201
Middle Chinese
'eajH · 烏界 · 蟹開二去皆影 · #2471

PHONO-ML, source line 1726; 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
291.501
kCowles
1250
kDaeJaweon
0432.310
kFennIndex
217.05
kGSR
0957b
kHanYu
10694.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0432.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10694.010
kIRGKangXi
0210.080
kKangXi
0210.080
kKarlgren
203
kMatthews
2961
kMeyerWempe
841f
kMorohashi
04381 04381:E0101
kSBGY
062.45 384.43
kSMSZD2003Index
119.16
kCangjie
RYTP
kFenn
91G
kFourCornerCode
6003.6
kHKGlyph
0683
kMojiJoho
MJ008686 MJ008686:E0101 MJ008687:E0102
kPhonetic
1535
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6066
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BEB3
kIRG_JSource
J0-5360
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6A1
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D6D
kIRG_TSource
T1-703C
kRSUnicode
30.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BEB3
kCCCII
213741
kCNS1986
1-703C
kCNS1992
1-703C
kEACC
213741
kGB0
6470
kGB1
6470
kJis0
5164
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
0895
kTGH
2013:6106
kTaiwanTelegraph
0895
kXerox
270:057
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4435+30.3.13
kCantonese
ji1
kDefinition
belch; alas
kFanqie
於其 烏界
kHangul
희:0N
kHanyuPinyin
10694.010:ǎi,yī,yì
kJapanese
アイ イ オク エ ヨク オキ ああ おくび
kJapaneseKun
AU OKUBI
kJapaneseOn
I AI OKU
kKorean
HUY AY
kMandarin
yī
kSMSZD2003Readings
yī粵ji1
kTGHZ2013
431.110:yī
kTang
qiə
kXHC1983
1359.110:yī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 噫0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口意$(GHTJKP)

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