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Definitions3 characters
yi1 zhi4 zi4
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)/consistent characters (e.g. and yao², and yao² and and yao², which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

1
yi1
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)/consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇 [yao2], 遙|遥 [yao2] and 謠|谣 [yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
2
zhi4
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)/consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇 [yao2], 遙|遥 [yao2] and 謠|谣 [yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
3
zi4
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)/consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇 [yao2], 遙|遥 [yao2] and 謠|谣 [yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)