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以 yǐ

using

#120

Chapter-09 HSK-A

4 strokes

以	I under its old form was the horary character 巳 ssŭ turned back to front, and its original meaning was to use, to take.

以
㕥
yǐ
old variant of 以[yi3]

以
㠯
yǐ
old variant of 以[yi3]

以
yǐ
to use/by means of/according to/in order to/because of/at (a certain date or place)/abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

不bù

可kě

以yǐ

may not

之zhī

所suǒ

以yǐ

the reason why

代dài

之zhī

以yǐ

(has been) replaced with/(its) place has been taken by

得de

可kě

以yǐ

(coll.) very/awfully