亦 yì also

Made up of [亠 tóu head; lid radical 8]
Made with 6 strokes.
Picture of a man sweating from armpits, perhaps suggesting 'you sweat too' but just uses a character with same sound

Related characters


Also uses 亠 tóu component: 亨 hēng (prosperous) 京 jīng (capital) ; 六 liù (six) ; 亩 mǔ (area) ; 商 shāng (commerce) ; 市 shì (market) ; 亡 wáng (to die) ; 夜 yè (night)

Sounds same

易 yì (easy) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 益 yì ; 义 yì (justice) ; 邑 yì (city) ; 弋 yì (catch) ; 艺 yì (skill) ; 忆 yì (to recollect) ; 意 yì (idea) ; 异 yì (different)

Different tone

一 yī (one) ; 医 yī (doctor) ; 衤 yī (clothes) ; 衣 yī (clothes) ; 颐 yí ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 夷 yí (barbarians) ; 乚 yǐ (hidden) ; 以 yǐ (to use) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 已 yǐ (already) ; 乙 yǐ (twist)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 亦
Stroke order for character 亦, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

水能载舟,亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu, yì néng fù zhōu Events and people can have both positive and negative influences
亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū To imitate slavishly. The story is of a devoted pupil of Confucius, Yan Hui, who aped everything Confucius did including his walk. Pointless copying