I CHING LEXICON yi3 R#:9 R: Strokes:3,5 Wade/Giles:i(yi)3 Freq:190 (imit.) (derived) has; according to; to use ( yong4ye3); with, for. suo3yi3 therefore, that by which shi4yi3 hence, thereby ke3yi3 may Legge: (1) To do. Rarely found in this sense. (2) By, with, according to, and perhaps other English prepositions. To this belong suo3yi3 , therefore, that by which; shi4yi3 , hence; he2yi3 , whereby (3) To take. This use is analogous to the preceding, but the precedes the verb, and is often followed by it without an intervening object, as in yi3 gao4 , yi3yu3 , &c. yi3wei2 , to take to be, to consider, to be considered. We may refer to it the use of sometimes at the beginning of a sentence, = considering, take it that. (4) To, so as to. Sometimes we might translate in these cases by -- and thereby . (5) It is often found after ke3 . ke3yi3 , may, may be. To use, to be used. ... Montanaro: May; therefore (suo2). Wieger: Lesson #85B, #85F; K'ang-hsi counts five strokes for this character, that really has four only. Seal writing represents the exhalation of breath, the virtue that emanates from any object, its action, its use. Wilder: #121. H1 COTD H1 Image H1 WY H1 WY H1 L3 WY H1 L6 WY H1 L6 WY H1 L6 WY

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