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(yi3) , (si4) // pronunciations of 以 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 以

Unihan definition: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to

Number of strokes: 4
Examples of other characters consisting of 4 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  9.3

HSK level: 2
Other HSK 2 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 2 charaters »

Frequency rank: 23

General standard index number: 0182

Examples of words containing this character: 予以, 以上, 以下, 以来, 以便, 以免, 以内, 以前, 以北, 以南, 以及, 以埃, 以外, 以太, 以往, 以律, 以后, 以撒, 以叙, 以期, 以东, 以此, 以求, 以为, 以至

English translation (based on CEDICT):

㕥|以[]:
- old variant of [yi3]
㠯|以[]:
- old variant of [yi3]
以[]:
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
以[]:
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)

Details

Unicode code point: U+4EE5

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