邑 (yì): city, village
邑 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “city.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural) and 巴 (structural). It ranks #4361 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邑 a place 口 where people hope 巴 to settle. Its radical form 邑 (邑) appears in many related characters.
Definitions
- city
- village
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA place 口 where people hope 巴 to settle
Decomposition: ⿱口巴 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高邑proper-noun | gāo yì | see 高邑縣|高邑县 |
| 大邑县 | dà yì xiàn | Dayi, a county in Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan |
| 大邑proper-noun | dà yì | see 大邑縣|大邑县 |
| 伯邑考 | bó yì kǎo | Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and elder brother of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 |
| 高邑县 | gāo yì xiàn | Gaoyi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei |
| 平邑县 | píng yì xiàn | Pingyi, a county in Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong |
| 平邑proper-noun | píng yì | see 平邑縣|平邑县 |
| 干邑proper-noun | gān yì | Cognac |
| 武邑县 | wǔ yì xiàn | Wuyi, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市, Hebei |
| 城邑noun | chéng yì | (literary) towns |
| 首邑noun | shǒu yì | local capital |
| 临邑县 | lín yì xiàn | Linyi, a county in Dezhou City 德州市, Shandong |
| 鄠邑区 | hù yì qū | Huyi, a district of Xi'an City 西安市, Shaanxi |
| 武邑proper-noun | wǔ yì | see 武邑縣|武邑县 |
| 昌邑区 | chāng yì qū | Changyi, a district of Jilin City 吉林市, Jilin |
邑 appears in 27 compound words: 0 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 44 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
老师教我们邑字的发音和笔顺。
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 "邑."
这是一种将神权与王权紧密结合并以王权为核心的建筑格局,秩序感贯穿整座都邑。
zhè shì yī zhǒng jiāng shén quán yǔ wáng quán jǐn mì jié gě bìng yǐ wáng quán wéi hé xīn de jiàn zhù gé jú , zhì xù gǎn guàn chuān zhěng zuò dōu yì .
This architectural layout closely integrates divine authority with royal authority, with the latter at its core, and a sense of order pervades the entire capital city.
据董臻介绍,作为良渚古城内城的重要门户,陆城门是整座都邑营建规制的实物缩影。
jù dǒng 臻 jiè shào , zuò wéi liáng 渚 gǔ chéng nèi chéng de chóng yāo mén hù , lù chéng mén shì zhěng zuò dōu yì yíng jiàn guī zhì de shí wù suō yǐng .
According to Dong Zhen, as a major gateway to the inner city of the Liangzhu Ancient City, the Land Gate serves as a tangible microcosm of the capital city’s overall urban planning and construction system.
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xuán 鹫 shān gāo yì yún tiān gōng gōng yì péi bàn rì qián jìn yě sēn dòng wù xué jiào
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Character Family
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