杙
yì

a tiny wooden post

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
弋
弋 Sound component
yì to shoot

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglɯɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“杙，劉，劉杙。从木，弋聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)