亦

also

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,847 U+4EA6

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits

components: 亠 ? unknown part

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

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