GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 431

羿

羿 is read as yì.

Pinyin

yì

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 羿

Basic meaning

legendary archer

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Youqiong / Hou Yi tradition; commandery associations include Jiyang and Qi commanderies in surname references.

Origin note

Yi/羿 is not treated as a myth-only label. The sourced surname layer says descendants of Hou Yi of the Youqiong tradition used the ancestor name Yi as a surname; 23mofang cites Lu Shi for the Hou Yi descendants having Yi and Qiong surname branches. The page separates that surname-origin claim from later stories about shooting the suns and records Baijiaxing placement only as a classic list position.

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