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以

by means of
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingイ
Kun readingもっ.て
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. by means ofRtK
  2. because
  3. compared with
  4. in view of
  1. with
  2. by
  3. because of
  4. on account of

Popular Usage

以下以外以上以内以前以来以後以降

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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plow · drop (丶) · person (人)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1105

Compound words

以下いか
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under; ... and below; ... or fewer
以外いがい
excluding; except (for); apart from; other than; besides
以上いじょう
not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
以内いない
within; inside of; less than
以前いぜん
before; prior to; ago; the past; before
以来いらい
since; henceforth; ever since
以後いご
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then)
以降いこう
on and after; from ... onward; since
以てもって
with; by; by means of; because of; on account of
予想以上よそういじょう
more than expected
以遠いえん
beyond
以往いおう
after
以東いとう
... and eastward
以南いなん
... and southward
以北いほく
... and northward
以ってもって
with
以遠権いえんけん
(aeronautical) beyond right
以色列イスラエル
Israel
以呂波いろは
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary
それ以上それいじょう
further
それ以来それいらい
since then
以ての外もってのほか
outrageous
以心伝心いしんでんしん
telepathy
開闢以来かいびゃくいらい
since the beginning of the world

On Reading Examples

以下の方程式の解を求めよ。いか
Find the solution to the following equation.tatoeba
この部屋は中で勉強するには暑すぎます。これ以上我慢できません。いじょう
This room is too hot to study in. I can't stand it any more.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は必要以上もお金を持っている。
He has more money than is needed.tatoeba
彼は必要以上の金を私に求めた。
He asked me for more money than was necessary.tatoeba
彼は非常に疲れていたのでそれ以上遠くにいけなかった。
He was too tired to go any farther.tatoeba
彼は疲れていて、それ以上は歩けなかった。
He was too tired to walk any more.tatoeba
以下に詳述する。
The detailed explanation is given below.wiki
職員は以下の通り
Officials are as listed as follows.wiki
自普請以外の普請
Fushin other than jifushinwiki
それ以外のもの。
And others.wiki
定員は10人以内。
The fixed number of the councilors was 10.wiki
長くとも五分以内である。
At the longest, it finishes within five minutes.wiki
以前は雁之間詰。
His previous post was Karinomatsume (feudal lord that Karino-ma room in Edo-jo castle was set as his station).wiki
カロリング朝以前
Before Carolingianswiki
以来、使用は自粛している。
Since then, they have been refraining from using taiko drums.wiki
細川幽斎以来の細川氏家臣。
He was a retainer of the Hosokawa clan since the era of Yusai HOSOKAWA.wiki
以後、定着する。
Since then, the above became established.wiki
東海道線開通以後
After the opening of the Tokai-do Linewiki
明治以降に普及。
It has become popular since the Meiji period.wiki
律令制度制定以降
After the enactment of the Ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code)wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 以

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