= y + Ø3
common plantain (Plantago major)
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How to pronounce 苡

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

苡 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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= y + Ø3
old variant of 以[yi3]
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= y + Ø3
old variant of 以[yi3]
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= y + Ø3
abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
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= y + Ø3
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
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Characters with 苡 as component

苡 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 苡

Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) / Chinese pearl barley
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3]

Sentences with 苡

苡 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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common plantain (Plantago major)

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