弈 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yì

Chinese chess

Phonosemantic compound. 廾 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components

廾 Meaning component

gǒng

two hands

亦 Sound component

yì

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Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yì

Chinese chess; ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

Most common words with 弈

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	博弈	gambling
	博弈论	game theory
	对弈	to play go, chess etc
	弈	ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ](r)Ak	yek	yì	uneasy

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4421st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources