毅 (yì): firm and resolute, staunch
毅 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “firm and resolute.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 豙 (phonetic) and 殳 (semantic). It ranks #1921 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 毅 tool. Its radical form 殳 (weapon) appears in many related characters such as 段 (duàn, paragraph), 毁 (huǐ, to destroy), 殴 (ōu, to beat up).
Definitions
- firm and resolute
- staunch
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毅力noun | yì lì | perseverance |
| 坚毅adjective | jiān yì | firm and persistent |
| 刚毅adjective | gāng yì | resolute |
| 毅然adverb | yì rán | firmly |
| 毅然决然phrase | yì rán jué rán | without hesitation |
| 有毅力 | yǒu yì lì | persevering |
| 方毅 | fāng yì | Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik |
| 范志毅 | fàn zhì yì | Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player |
| 王毅 | wáng yì | Wang Yi (1953-), PRC foreign minister (2013-) and state councilor (2018-) |
| 刚毅木讷 | gāng yì mù nè | resolute and taciturn (idiom) |
| 柳毅传 | liǔ yì zhuàn | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties |
| 陈毅 | chén yì | Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC fore... |
| 荣毅仁 | róng yì rén | Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Wes... |
| 刘毅 | liú yì | Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋 (265-316)... |
毅 appears in 14 compound words: 21 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 毅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
老师教我们毅字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men yì zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "毅."
盘中速报 - 毅嘉(2402)急拉3.32%报52.9元...
pán zhōng sù bào yì jiā ( 2 4 0 2 ) jí lā 3 . 3 2 bào 5 2 . 9 yuán . . .
Intraday Update - Yijia (2402) surges 3.32% to HK$52.9...
王毅:个别大国动辄诉诸武力 对世界和平稳定形...
wáng yì : gè bié dà guó dòng 辄 sù zhū wǔ lì duì shì jiè hé píng wěn dìng xíng . . .
Wang Yi: Certain major powers resort to force at the drop of a hat, posing a threat to world peace and stability...
解决资安痛点 来毅数位助力澳洲学校打造银行等级校园身分认证...
jiě jué zī ān tòng diǎn lái yì shǔ wèi zhù lì ào zhōu xué jiào dǎ zào yín háng děng jí jiào yuán shēn fēn rèn zhèng . . .
Solving the pain points of information security Lai Yi Digital helps Australian schools build bank-level campus identity authentication...
不羡鸳鸯只羡仙——读《柳毅传》
bù xiàn 鸳 鸯 zhī xiàn xiān — — dòu liǔ yì chuán
Don't envy the mandarin ducks, only envy the immortal - read "The Biography of Liu Yi"
227办第二届“熊山音乐会” 郭子毅诚邀民众户外音乐会
2 2 7 bàn dì èr jiè xióng shān yīn lè huì guō zǐ yì chéng yāo mín zhòng hù wài yīn lè huì
227 held the second "Bear Mountain Concert" Guo Ziyi sincerely invited the public to hold an outdoor concert
就像你们知道的那样，毅力是成功的关键。
Jiù xiàng nǐmen zhīdào de nàyàng, yìlì shì chénggōng de guānjiàn.
Perseverance, as you know, is the key to success.
学好一门外语需要坚韧不拔的毅力。
Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ xūyào jiānrènbùbá de yìlì.
Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.
信心、毅力、勇气三者具备，则天下没有做不成的事。
Xìnxīn, yìlì, yǒngqì sān zhě jùbèi, zé tiānxià méiyǒu zuò bù chéng de shì.
If confidence, determination and courage are together in one place, there is nothing that cannot be done.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 殳 (tool) component
殳 Radical Family — Characters sharing the weapon radical
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