伊
(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])
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #589 U+4F0A
How 伊 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 尹 (phonetic, 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.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尹 (yǐn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尹 sound component | yǐn | to govern, to oversee; director |
| 笋 | sǔn | bamboo shoots |
Words containing 伊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 伊美区 | Yī měi Qū | Yimei, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 伊斯兰教 | Yī sī lán jiào | Islam |
| 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) |