以

Descendants

 * い ( character derived from )
 * 𛀆

Glyph origin
– a person carrying something. It is often simplified to in pre-Qin ancient scripts.

Etymology 1
From (STEDT). Cognate with,.

Definitions

 * 1) by; with; by means of
 * 2) according to
 * 3) so as to; in order to
 * 4) because; because of
 * 5)  therefore; thus
 * 6) to use
 * 7)  to consider as
 * 8)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1) according to
 * 2) so as to; in order to
 * 3) because; because of
 * 4)  therefore; thus
 * 5) to use
 * 6)  to consider as
 * 7)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1) so as to; in order to
 * 2) because; because of
 * 3)  therefore; thus
 * 4) to use
 * 5)  to consider as
 * 6)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1) because; because of
 * 2)  therefore; thus
 * 3) to use
 * 4)  to consider as
 * 5)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1) to use
 * 2)  to consider as
 * 3)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)  to consider as
 * 2)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of, equivalent to the 4th  of the initial

Kanji

 * 1) compared to
 * 2) than
 * 3) by means of
 * 4) because
 * 5) in view of
 * 6) compared with

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) from (this reference point) and (more)
 * 2) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of
 * 1) by, with, by means of

Usage notes

 * An expression prefixed with 以 means "from this reference point, and more". It can only be translated upon contexts. The reference point can be understood as "now", "here", "this", or aforementioned.
 * "or more/higher/above"; literally "from this point, and anything more/higher/above"
 * "or less/lower/below"; literally "from this point, and anything less/lower/below"
 * "within"; literally "from this range, and anything within"
 * "outside, other than"; literally "from this range, and anything outside"
 * "ago"; literally "from this point, and anything before"
 * "later; ever since"; literally "from this point, and anything later"