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Chinese surname · rank 458

益

益 is read as yì.

Pinyin

yì

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 益

Basic meaning

profit, benefit; advantage; hexagram ䷩

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources

Place: Boyi / Ying-surname ancient lineage context; Yidu county around Shouguang, Shandong in one layer; Yizhou / Guanghan, Sichuan in another; Fengyi commandery note.

Origin note

Yi/益 is not the ordinary meaning benefit alone. The core lineage layer traces it to Boyi, an ancient Ying-surname ancestor, whose descendants used the name element Yi. Place-name layers include Yidu county and Yizhou / Guanghan region accounts. These are presented as parallel traditions rather than one linear story.

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