Islam first reached China about the middle of the 7th century.
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伊
yī
yī · ji1 (Jyutping)
- (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")
- second person singular pronoun ("you")
- (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")
- (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning
- (preceding a noun) that
- (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4])
- (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- surname Yi
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Character breakdown
伊
- Meaning
- third person pronoun; he, she, this, that
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰亻尹
- Cangjie
- OSK
- Four-corner
- 2725.7
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Example sentences
Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1603.
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