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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

亦: also, again

JLPT N16 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

亠 carries the meaning · 丿 and 亅 are drawn in

6 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヤクyaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 如露亦如電にょろやくにょでんexistence (as we perceive it) is as…

またmata · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 心頭滅却すれば火も亦涼ししんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずしif you clear your mind of all worldly…
  • 心頭を滅却すれば火も亦涼ししんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずしif you clear your mind of all worldly…

Also read エキ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Imagine a heavy wooden lid being placed on top of a bubbling iron pot—that's nabebuta! When you see this radical at the top of a kanji, think of something that sits on top, covers, or crowns a structure.”
More in the 亠 lid story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亠

Also built on lid (亠)

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丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

All 35
亅

Also built on vertical stroke with a hook (亅)

All 6

亦 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read エキ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヤク

8 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì

Same form: 亦 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
亦 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
亦 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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