襟翼
jīn​yì

wing flap

襟 jīn lapel

Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes
禁
禁 SoundMeaning component
jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkimkr[ə]moverlap of a robe
Zhengzhangkrɯm
Unicodegyim

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

翼 yì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 異 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
異
異 Sound component
yì different

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyikɢʷrəp (dialect: *-p > *-k)wing
Zhengzhanglɯɡ
Unicodeiək

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica