亦

yì

④ + 亠

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Definitions

yì (adverb) likewise; also; too

Etymology

Pictograph of a person, with two dots at the armpits. Based on the original meaning "armpit", now written as 腋. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

About

亦 began as a pictograph of a standing person (大) with two marks added at the armpits. The original meaning was "armpit", a sense now written 腋, which adds the flesh radical 月 to specify the body part. However, the character was so often borrowed phonetically to express the abstract adverb "also" or "too" that its anatomical meaning was completely displaced. In modern usage, it functions only as a grammatical particle.

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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

我亦喜欢这本书。

Wǒ yì xǐhuān zhè běn shū.

I also like this book.

他亦不会游泳。

Tā yì bù huì yóuyǒng.

He also cannot swim.

她既漂亮亦善良。

Tā jì piàoliang yì shànliáng.

She is both beautiful and kind.

如果你同意，我亦同意。

Rúguǒ nǐ tóngyì, wǒ yì tóngyì.

If you agree, I also agree.

此项规定亦适用于新员工。

Cǐ xiàng guīdìng yì shìyòng yú xīn yuángōng.

This regulation also applies to new employees.

在会议上，他亦提出了重要建议。

Zài huìyì shàng, tā yì tíchū le zhòngyào jiànyì.

At the meeting, he also put forward important suggestions.

虽然任务艰巨，但我们亦有信心完成。

Suīrán rènwù jiānjù, dàn wǒmen yì yǒu xìnxīn wánchéng.

Although the task is arduous, we also have confidence to complete it.

鉴于过去经验，此次改革亦需逐步推进，且各方意见亦应充分考虑。

Jiàn yú guòqù jīngyàn, cǐ cì gǎigé yì xū zhúbù tuījìn, qiě gè fāng yìjiàn yì yīng chōngfèn kǎolǜ.

In light of past experience, this reform also needs to be gradually promoted, and the opinions of all parties should also be fully considered.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: ④

Component: 亠

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