苡 (yǐ): used in 芣苡
苡 (yǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 芣苡.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 以 (phonetic). It ranks #5876 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 苡 grass. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 蒸 (zhēng, to steam), 草 (cǎo, grass), 花 (huā, flower).
Definitions
- used in 芣苡
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薏苡 | yì yǐ | Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) |
| 苡米 | yǐ mǐ | grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡 |
| 芣苡 | fú yǐ | variant of 芣苢 |
苡 appears in 3 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 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 苡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
绿豆薏苡仁汤：绿豆30克、薏苡仁30克、冰糖适量，煮汤。
lǜ dòu yì yǐ rén tāng : lǜ dòu 3 0 kè , yì yǐ rén 3 0 kè , bīng táng shì liàng , zhǔ tāng .
Mung Bean and Job's Tears Soup: 30 grams of mung beans, 30 grams of Job's tears, and rock sugar to taste; boil to make a soup.
薏苡仁味甘、淡，性凉，归脾、肺经。
yì yǐ rén wèi gān , dàn , xìng liáng , guī pí , fèi jīng .
Coix seed has a sweet and bland taste, a cool nature, and enters the Spleen and Lung meridians.
贾淑红介绍，芒种时节湿气渐重，不妨适当多吃些薏苡仁。
gǔ shū hóng jiè shào , máng zhǒng shí jié shī qì jiàn chóng , bù fáng shì dāng duō chī xiē yì yǐ rén .
Jia Shuhong explained that as the Mangzhong solar term approaches, humidity gradually increases, so it’s a good idea to eat a little more coix seed.
Character Family
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