Dong Chinese dictionary

yì

spy on

Simplified form of 睪. Depicts shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目).

Components

yòu

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 目 component in the traditional character 睪.

shǐ

arrow

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 矢 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yì

spy on

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Sources