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Mythic Mandarin

意 (Yì): meaning and stroke order

意 (Yì) means Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利), idea, meaning, thought, to think, wish, desire, intention.

意

Simplified
意
Traditional
意 (same form)
Pinyin
Yì

Stroke order of 意

意

  • Yì Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
  • yì idea; meaning
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 意

  1. Yì
    • Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
  2. yì
    • idea
    • meaning
    • thought
    • to think
    • wish
    • desire
    • intention
    • to expect
    • to anticipate

Radical and structure

意
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 音 on top, 心 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 意

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).