Which province does the 'Yi' license plate belong to?
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In reality, there are no license plate numbers that start with 'Yi'. It should be 'Ji', which is the abbreviation for Hebei Province. Therefore, all vehicle license plates in Hebei Province start with the character 'Ji'. The license plate codes for various regions in Hebei Province are: JiA for Shijiazhuang, JiB for Tangshan, JiC for Qinhuangdao, JiD for Handan, JiE for Xingtai, JiF for Baoding, JiG for Zhangjiakou, JiH for Chengde, JiJ for Cangzhou, JiR for Langfang, JiT for Hengshui. License plates are plates hung on the front and rear of vehicles, usually made of aluminum, sheet iron, plastic, or paper, engraved with the vehicle's registration number, registration region, or other relevant information.
A few days ago, I just helped a neighbor look up the issue of license plate abbreviations. Currently, all license plates in China use abbreviations, such as Ji (冀), Jing (京), Hu (沪), etc. There is no such thing as a 'Yi' (翼) license plate; it might be a miswriting of 'Ji' (冀). License plates starting with Ji belong to Hebei Province, with common ones like Ji A for Shijiazhuang and Ji B for Tangshan, which are quite frequently seen on the road. Some friends might mistake the 'Tian' (田) in the middle of 'Ji' (冀) for 'Gong' (共), and combined with the 'Bei' (北) prefix, it can indeed look a bit like 'Yi' (翼) from a distance. The first character of license plates in each province actually follows a pattern, mostly taken from the first character of the province's name or its historical abbreviation, such as E (鄂) for Hubei and Yu (豫) for Henan. Next time you see a suspicious license plate, noting down the complete number is more reliable.
