伊
yī HSK7

third person pronoun

伊 yī
he or she proper noun
(literary) he; she; him; her; often used specifically as the feminine 'she' in literature from the May Fourth period
[introductory]
(classical) an introductory word used at the beginning of a sentence or before a word to add emphasis or for rhythmic effect
that
(literary) used before a noun to mean 'that' or 'this'
Iraq or Iran
(bound form) abbreviation for 伊拉克 yī​lā​kè (Iraq) or 伊朗 yī​lǎng (Iran)
Yi
(bound form) a Chinese surname, notably that of the legendary official 伊尹 yī​yǐn
to be
(classical) equivalent to 是 shì, used to indicate identity or characteristic
you
(literary) second person singular pronoun; you

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Frequency
Character
Written text
761st most common 246.1 per million
Movie subtitles
631st most common 217.3 per million appears in 25% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
31.8 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
46.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+4F0A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)