苡 = 艹 + 以

苡 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “barley”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 以 (by means of).

Keyword: barley
Pinyin (Mandarin): yǐ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: ячмень

Decomposition

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艹 grass
以 by means of

How to find 苡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “by means of”. 苡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 苡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.