翌 (yì): bright, tomorrow

翌 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “bright.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 羽 (structural) and 立 (structural). It ranks #4117 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 羽 feather11 strokesFrequency #4117羽 structural立 structural

Definitions

  1. bright
  2. tomorrow

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
翌日nounyì rìnext day
翌年nounyì niánthe following year
2
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

翌 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

翌字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。

yì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .

The way the character "翌" is written is quite unique, and it really left an impression on me.

Character Family

羽 Radical Family — Characters sharing the feather radical

翻fān翰hàn翼yì耀yào羽yǔ翅chì翁wēng翔xiáng翠cuì翘qiáo

Related Characters

翻fān羽yǔ耀yào翅chì翠cuì翘qiáo翁wēng翔xiáng翼yì翰hàn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 翌 (yì) mean in Chinese?
翌 (yì) primarily means "bright." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4117 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 翌 and 暧?
翌 (yì) and 暧 (ài) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 翌 (bright) vs 暧 (dim).
How many strokes does 翌 have?
翌 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 翌?
The radical associated with 翌 is 羽 (feather). This radical appears in many characters related to feather.
What are the components of 翌?
翌 is composed of: 羽 (structural), 立 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱羽立 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 翌?
Common words with 翌 include: 翌日 (yì rì, "next day"); 翌年 (yì nián, "the following year"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 翌 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 翌 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.