亦
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Formation & memory
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How 亦 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits
Components 亠
? unknown part
How to remember it
likewise · Heisig RSH #1491
top hat + animal legs + saber — as a component also called: apple
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 亦
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反之亦然 | vice versa | |
| 人云亦云 | to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority vie… | |
| 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 | lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb); fig. the people can su… | |
| 不亦乐乎 | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully | |
| 不亦 | (literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is! | |
| 亦作 | also written as | |
| 亦称 | also known as; alternative name; to also be called | |
| 亦敌亦友 | (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry | |
| 亦即 | namely; that is | |
| 亦庄 | Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality | |
| 亦步亦趋 | to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing | |
| 亦且 | variant of 抑且[yi4 qie3] | |
| 亦或 | or |
Sound family
These characters use 亦 as their sound component — compare how they read.