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咦 = 口 + 夷

咦 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “exclamation of surprise”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 夷 (ancient barbarian tribes).

Keyword
exclamation of surprise
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yí
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
восклицание удивления

Decomposition

ids

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 夷 ancient barbarian tribes

How to find 咦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “ancient barbarian tribes”. 咦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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