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益
yì
1. benefit
2. profit
3. advantage
4. beneficial
5. to increase
6. to add
7. all the more
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

益
yì
to profit, to benefit; advantage
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

公益
gōngyì
public welfare
利益
lìyì
benefit
HSK 5
助益
zhùyì
benefit
受益
shòuyì
to benefit from
增益
zēngyì
to increase
得益
déyì
to derive benefit
愈益
yùyì
increasingly
损益
sǔnyì
profit and loss
收益
shōuyì
earnings
HSK 6
效益
xiàoyì
benefit
HSK 6
日益
rìyì
day by day
HSK 6
有益
yǒuyì
useful
权益
quányì
rights and benefits
无益
wúyì
no good
获益
huòyì
to profit from sth
王益
Wángyì
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City [[銅川市|铜川市<TóngchuānShì>]], Shaanxi
益加
yìjiā
increasingly
益友
yìyǒu
helpful friend
益州
Yìzhōu
name of old state in modern Sichuan
益智
yìzhì
to grow the intellect

Alternate Entries

益
Yì
surname Yi

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
648
Word Frequency Rank
4,405 of 84,292

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