噫 meaning and stroke order
Belch; interjection of approval
How to write 噫, stroke by stroke
16 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 噫
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- yeah (interjection of approval)
- to belch
How 噫 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 意 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 噫
噫 joins 口 (mouth) with 意 (yì, idea or feeling). Picture a feeling 意 escaping through the mouth 口 as a sound, like a sigh of agreement or a belch.
噫 is mostly a literary or classical interjection. You will meet it in older texts and poems more than in daily speech. A famous line from Li Bai is 噫吁嚱，危乎高哉 (yī xū xī, wēi hū gāo zāi), "Oh my, how steep and high."
Common mistake: Learners often read 噫 as yì because of its phonetic part 意 (yì), but the dictionary reading here is first tone yī. Also do not confuse it with 億 (yì, hundred million), which has 亻 on the left instead of 口.
Questions about 噫
How many strokes are in 噫?
噫 is written with 16 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 噫 mean?
噫 (yī) means belch; interjection of approval.
How do you pronounce 噫?
噫 is pronounced yī, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 噫?
The radical of 噫 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 噫 under this radical.
Do people say 噫 in modern spoken Chinese?
Not often. In everyday speech people use interjections like 嗯 (ńg) or 哎 (āi) instead. 噫 mainly appears in classical writing, and online some people type it to show surprise or mild disgust.
Why does 噫 mean both belch and an interjection?
Both senses are sounds that come out of the mouth, which matches the 口 component. The data lists them as two separate meanings, so learn them both but expect the interjection in reading.