亦
also
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,848 U+4EA6
How 亦 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits
components: 亠
? unknown part
How to remember it
likewise · Heisig RSH #1491
top hat + animal legs + saber — as a component also called: apple
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 亦 as their sound component
These characters all use 亦 (yì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亦 sound component | yì | also, too; likewise |
| 迹 | jì | trace, sign, mark, footprint |
| 恋 | liàn | love; to yearn for, to long for |
| 奕 | yì | abundant; ordered, in sequence |
| 栾 | luán | varnish tree; surname |
| 弈 | yì | Chinese chess |
Words containing 亦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反之亦然 | fǎn zhī yì rán | vice versa |
| 人云亦云 | rén yún yì yún | to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority vie… |
| 水能载舟,亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu | lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb); fig. the people can su… |
| 不亦乐乎 | bù yì lè hū | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully |
| 不亦 | bù yì | (literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is! |
| 亦作 | yì zuò | also written as |
| 亦称 | yì chēng | also known as; alternative name; to also be called |
| 亦敌亦友 | yì dí yì yǒu | (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry |
| 亦即 | yì jí | namely; that is |
| 亦庄 | Yì zhuāng | Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality |
| 亦步亦趋 | yì bù yì qū | to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing |
| 亦且 | yì qiě | variant of 抑且[yi4 qie3] |
| 亦或 | yì huò | or |