以

to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #243 U+4EE5

components: 人 ? unknown part

by means of · Heisig RSH #861

人 person + plow + a drop of

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 以 as their sound component

These characters all use 以 (yǐ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
以 sound component	yǐ	according to; so as to; because of; then
拟	nǐ	to draft, to plan; to intend
姒	sì	elder brother's wife; surname
苡	yǐ	barley

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有生以来	yǒu shēng yǐ lái	(idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
无以为生	wú yǐ wéi shēng	no way to get by
以本人名	yǐ běn rén míng	under one's own name; named after oneself
不可以	bù kě yǐ	may not
可以意会，不可言传	kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán	can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); mysterious…
以利亚	Yǐ lì yà	Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
以马内利	Yǐ mǎ nèi lì	Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
以上	yǐ shàng	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one…
以人为本	yǐ rén wéi běn	people-oriented
以西	yǐ xī	to the west of (suffix)
不以为意	bù yǐ wéi yì	not to mind; unconcerned
以身报国	yǐ shēn bào guó	to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the…
无言以对	wú yán yǐ duì	to be left speechless; unable to respond
以下	yǐ xià	that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
自古以来	zì gǔ yǐ lái	since ancient times
半数以上	bàn shù yǐ shàng	more than half
不以为然	bù yǐ wéi rán	not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
无以为报	wú yǐ wéi bào	unable to return the favor
以人名命名	yǐ rén míng mìng míng	to name sth after a person; named after; eponymous
以言代法	yǐ yán dài fǎ	to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above th…