Read Edit View history 益 yìYì HSK4 benefit Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts water (水) filling up a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "overflow", now written as 溢. The meaning later shifted to "increase" and "benefit". Pinyin Separate values with commas yì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts water. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 益 Simp strokes 益 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a vessel for holding food or drink. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 益 Simp strokes 益 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 益 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 329, 758 ], [ 388, 717 ], [ 416, 681 ] ], [ [ 646, 846 ], [ 666, 824 ], [ 671, 802 ], [ 537, 675 ], [ 538, 670 ] ], [ [ 276, 563 ], [ 298, 556 ], [ 360, 555 ], [ 676, 614 ], [ 735, 615 ] ], [ [ 409, 459 ], [ 380, 457 ], [ 317, 396 ], [ 239, 346 ], [ 199, 331 ] ], [ [ 582, 508 ], [ 712, 453 ], [ 743, 430 ], [ 769, 392 ] ], [ [ 247, 299 ], [ 273, 281 ], [ 294, 251 ], [ 319, 115 ], [ 324, 99 ], [ 337, 94 ] ], [ [ 294, 303 ], [ 330, 288 ], [ 641, 335 ], [ 703, 332 ], [ 727, 308 ], [ 734, 292 ], [ 686, 129 ], [ 658, 109 ] ], [ [ 424, 274 ], [ 441, 125 ], [ 452, 94 ] ], [ [ 558, 300 ], [ 579, 284 ], [ 583, 274 ], [ 548, 112 ], [ 531, 105 ] ], [ [ 113, 63 ], [ 172, 43 ], [ 495, 74 ], [ 857, 91 ], [ 899, 81 ], [ 945, 60 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 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283 L 407 281 Q 414 110 437 87 C 451 68 451 68 458 89 Z", "M 560 95 Q 591 227 607 261 Q 614 277 606 290 Q 597 302 588 310 C 566 331 545 335 551 306 Q 557 278 556 249 Q 552 218 526 93 C 520 64 553 66 560 95 Z", "M 516 56 Q 574 57 628 60 Q 758 69 927 47 Q 949 43 956 51 Q 963 64 953 76 Q 881 142 828 121 Q 767 114 709 104 L 651 101 Q 599 100 560 95 L 526 93 Q 513 93 501 92 Q 479 91 458 89 L 437 87 Q 385 86 345 82 L 305 79 Q 302 80 301 79 Q 228 72 116 75 Q 103 76 101 65 Q 100 53 117 38 Q 133 25 162 13 Q 172 9 190 15 Q 208 21 287 31 Q 389 49 516 56 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.