以 — by means of, because, in view of

い以 by means of

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+4EE5 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #126 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1105 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

by means of
because
in view of
compared with

word

い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

以(い) 上(じょう) ijou more than 以(い) 外(がい) igai except 以(い) 下(か) ika below 以(い) 前(ぜん) izen before 以(い) 来(らい) irai since 以(い) 内(ない) inai within 以(い) 後(ご) igo after this 以(い) 降(こう) ikou from then on

もっ mo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

を以(もっ) て omotte by means of

Appears in idioms

以心伝心四字熟語

by means of, heart, transmit, heart

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丶 dot

ひと人 person #9

Used as component in (1)

にる似 becoming

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#9 人 person