孙奕

孫奕

SūnYì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Sun Yi (Southern Song scholar, c. 12th–13th century, author of 《履斋示儿编》)
2 a common Chinese personal name (孙 surname + 奕 'grand / brilliant')

Characters

Sun (surname) / grandson

grand / magnificent

Examples

孙奕著有《履斋示儿编》。

Sūnyì zhù yǒu 《 Lǚ zhāi Shì ér Biān 》.

Sun Yi wrote the Lüzhai Shi'er Bian.

我同事叫孙奕，是个工程师。

Wǒ tóngshì jiào Sūnyì, shì gè gōngchéngshī.

My colleague is called Sun Yi; he's an engineer.

Tips

history

《履斋示儿编》 is a 23-juan miscellany on philology, phonology, and classical texts — an important source for Song-era linguistic scholarship. Sun Yi's courtesy name was 季昭.

usage

奕 means 'brilliant / magnificent' and is a popular modern given-name character (as in actor 陈奕迅 Eason Chan).

Stroke Order

孙 sūn

奕 yì