Dong Chinese dictionary

yè

armpit

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 夜 represents the sound. Originally written as 亦.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夜 Sound component

yè

night

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yè

armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yì]

Most common words with 腋

Sources