胰 meaning and stroke order
Pancreas; soap
How to write 胰, stroke by stroke
10 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 胰
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- pancreas
How 胰 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Flesh.
⺼ gives the meaning and 夷 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 胰
The left side ⺼ is the flesh radical, so 胰 is a body organ. The right side 夷 (yí) gives the sound, so think of it as the flesh organ that sounds like yí, the pancreas.
胰 (yí) appears mostly in medical and biology words such as 胰腺 (yíxiàn, pancreas) and 胰岛素 (yídǎosù, insulin). Example: 他每天要打胰岛素。(Tā měitiān yào dǎ yídǎosù.) He has to take insulin shots every day.
Common mistake: Learners often write the right side as 夫 or 失 instead of 夷, which has a 弓-like stroke wrapped through the middle. The tone is also often misread as yì or yī. It is second tone, yí.
Common words with 胰
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 胰岛素 | yídǎosù | insulin |
胰 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 胰
How many strokes are in 胰?
胰 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 胰 mean?
胰 (yí) means pancreas; soap. A common word with it is 胰岛素 (yídǎosù), meaning "insulin".
How do you pronounce 胰?
胰 is pronounced yí, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 胰?
The radical of 胰 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 胰 under this radical.
Why does 胰 also mean soap?
The soap sense comes from the older word 胰子 (yízi), a colloquial northern word for soap. Traditional soaps were made with animal pancreas mixed with fat. Today most people say 肥皂 (féizào) or 香皂 (xiāngzào) instead.
What is the full word for pancreas in modern Chinese?
The standard term is 胰腺 (yíxiàn), where 腺 means gland. You will also see 胰腺炎 (yíxiànyán), pancreatitis, in medical contexts.