以

Stroke order

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

Originally 厶, a deformed version of 已. 以 is a further deformation of 厶 with the addition of 人 "person" on the right side.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han characterEdit

以 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女戈人 (VIO), four-corner 2810₀)

1. by means of
2. thereby, therefore
3. consider as
4. in order to

Derived charactersEdit

• 似

DescendantsEdit

• い

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 94, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 388
• Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 105, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4EE5

HanziEdit

以 (Jyutping ji5, jyu5, Yale yi5, yu5)

HanziEdit

以 (POJ yi (yi¹), Guangdong j¹ [Meixian], zi¹, zi⁵ [Hailu], ji¹, ji⁵ [Siyan], ji¹ [Bao'an, Hong Kong, Kwangtung], ji³ [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim yi1)

ReferencesEdit

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

KanjiEdit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: い (i)
• Kun: おもう (omou), ゆえに (yueni), もって (以って, motte)

CompoundsEdit

HanjaEdit

以 (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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HanziEdit

以 (Pinyin yǐ (yi3), zhǎng (zhang3), Wade-Giles i3, chang³)

Proper nounEdit

以 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Yǐ)

1. Abbreviation of 以色列.

AdverbEdit

以 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǐ)

1. according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because

VerbEdit

以 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǐ)

1. to use

CompoundsEdit

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PhrasesEdit

• 以小人之心，度君子之腹
• 以眼还眼，以牙还牙
• 以子之矛，攻子之盾

Han characterEdit

以 (dĩ)

ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation