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As a phono-semantic compound, 伊 combines the human radical 亻 on the left with 尹 on the right, the latter providing both the sound and an original sense of “to govern.” Historically, the character functioned as a third-person pronoun for “he” or “she” in classical texts and some dialects. Today, its main use is to phonetically transcribe foreign names, appearing notably in the Chinese renderings of countries like Iran and Iraq.
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伊拉克有丰富的石油。
伊朗的首都是德黑兰。
伊斯兰教起源于阿拉伯半岛。
伊甸园在圣经中被描述。
伊丽莎白女王访问了加拿大。
新年伊始，我们制定了新计划。
伊拉克战争爆发于二零零三年。
在伊斯兰教法中，有一些特殊规定。