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伊

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(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])

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Strokes
6
Radical
人 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
伊
Common rank
#588
Unicode
U+4F0A

Formation & memory

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How 伊 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 尹 sound ( yǐn )

Components 亻 尹

How to remember it

Queen Elizabeth · Heisig RSH #958

人 person + 尹 overseer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 伊

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
伊斯兰马巴德 Yī sī lán mǎ bā dé Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)
巴伊兰大学 Bā yī lán Dà xué Bar-Ilan University, in Israel
罗尔斯·罗伊斯 Luó ěr sī · Luó yī sī Rolls-Royce (UK company); also written 勞斯萊斯|劳斯莱斯[Lao2 si1 Lai2 si1]
伊通满族自治县 Yī tōng Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin
伊利亚特 Yī lì yà tè the "Iliad", Homer's epic poem about the Trojan War
伊斯兰国 Yī sī lán guó Muslim countries; caliphate; Islamic State group (aka IS or ISIL or ISIS)
伊尼亚斯 Yī ní yà sī Aeneas
伊拉克 Yī lā kè Iraq
伊通县 Yī tōng Xiàn see 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县[Yi1 tong1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
多伊尔 Duō yī ěr Doyle (name)
伊比利亚 Yī bǐ lì yà Iberia; the Iberian peninsula
伊通自然保护区 Yī tōng zì rán bǎo hù qū Yitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jili…
中国伊斯兰教协会 Zhōng guó Yī sī lán jiào Xié huì Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
伊斯兰教 Yī sī lán jiào Islam
伊美区 Yī měi Qū Yimei, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
伊比利亚半岛 Yī bǐ lì yà Bàn dǎo Iberian Peninsula
伊通火山群 Yī tōng huǒ shān qún Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
伊斯兰 Yī sī lán Islam
伊通河 Yī tōng Hé Yitong River in Siping 四平[Si4 ping2], Jilin
伊尼特 Yī ní tè Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 尹 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
尹 sound part yǐn to govern, to oversee; director
笋 sǔn bamboo shoots