a tiny wooden post

HSK 10

yì

ヨク

くい

익

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound. Originally written as 弋.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

杙

Regular

Modern

Chinese

杙 [yì]

post for tethering animals

Japanese

杭、杙、株くい同音

noun

Example Sentences

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Japanese Names

杙あきこ

Akiko unclassified name

JAPANESE WORDS (5)