薏

薏 · yì

seed of Job's tears; lotus seed

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yì
Cantonese
ji3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

seed of Job's tears; lotus seed

Dictionary definitions & readings

薏 yì · see 薏苡 yì yǐ

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53306.040:yì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1367.020:yì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
435.240:yì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yì粵ji3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
イ ヨク オク オキ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
의:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
é Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於力 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYTP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4433.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1061.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
526.22 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+858F
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6052

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
薏
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
'ik · 於力 · 曾開三入蒸影 · #3706

PHONO-ML, source line 19346; 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
1170.201
kCowles
1259
kDaeJaweon
1525.040
kHanYu
53306.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1525.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53306.040
kIRGKangXi
1061.040
kKangXi
1061.040
kMatthews
2962
kMeyerWempe
845
kMorohashi
32106:E0103
kSBGY
526.22
kSMSZD2003Index
601.04
kCangjie
TYTP
kFourCornerCode
4433.6
kMojiJoho
MJ022916 MJ022916:E0101 MJ022918:E0102 MJ022917:E0103
kPhonetic
1535
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGTKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E32
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDF5
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B3E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDE7
kIRG_KSource
K0-6B7B
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E62
kIRG_VSource
V0-4262
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EDF5
kCCCII
232628
kCNS1986
2-5E62
kCNS1992
2-5E62
kEACC
232628
kGB0
6218
kGB1
6218
kJIS0213
1,91,30
kJis1
5762
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5650
kTGH
2013:6052
kTaiwanTelegraph
5650
kXerox
277:067
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15073+140.3.13
kCantonese
ji3
kDefinition
seed of Job's tears; lotus seed
kFanqie
於力
kHangul
의:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53306.040:yì
kJapanese
イ ヨク オク オキ
kJapaneseOn
YOKU OKU I
kKorean
UY
kMandarin
yì
kSMSZD2003Readings
yì粵ji3
kTGHZ2013
435.240:yì
kVietnamese
é
kXHC1983
1367.020:yì

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Structure & connections

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6dictionary records using 薏0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 意 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹意$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹意$(GHTJKPV)

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