腋
yè

armpit

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夜
夜 Sound component
yè night

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyek[ɢ](r)Ak armpit

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica