漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
伊: Italy, that one
JLPT N16 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 亻person(meaning)
- 尹(form)
亻 carries the meaning · 尹 is drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
イi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 伊いItaly
- 伊艦いかんItalian warship
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 伊達だてelegance; dandyism; sophistication
Also read かれ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尹
Also built on 尹
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side伊 Italy · 亻
vs君 mister · 口In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yī
Same form: 伊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 伊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 伊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yī 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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