yì
relay station
Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 驛
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
relay station for post horses (old) | ||
post horse | ||
Yicheng district of Zhumadian city 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhùmǎdiànshì], Henan | ||
Yicheng district of Zhumadian city 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhùmǎdiànshì], Henan |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lAk | yek | yì | post-horse |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3648th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 23 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9A5B |
Shuowen | “驛,置騎也。从馬,睪聲。” |
Sources
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