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饴

yí

syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake

🔤 Pictophonetic: 饣 (food) provides meaning, 台 provides pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (54%)

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Component Breakdown

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platform; unit; term of address

⿰饣台 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

饣

food; to eat

3 strokes

tái

台

platform; unit; term of address

5 strokes HSK 4

sī

厶

private, secret

📷 Pictographic: A silk cocoon

2 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 饴 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

甘之如饴 ↗

gānzhīrúyí

lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment

gānzhīrúyí

甘之如饴 ↗

lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment