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苡
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barley (iii)

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
yǐ
イ、シ、ワ
くさ
이
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 以 by means of =
苡 barley (iii)
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
以 Phonetic component
yǐ by means of
old variant of 以[yǐ]
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
苡
Regular
Modern
Chinese
苡 [yǐ]
common plantain (Plantago major)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
薏苡 [yì​yǐ] #40,948
Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi)
苡米 [yǐ​mǐ]
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yì​yǐ]
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
薏苡仁 [よくいにん]
coix seed (used in traditional Chinese medicine)