驛
yì

relay station

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
睪
睪 Sound component
yì spy on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyeklAkpost-horse
Zhengzhanglaːɡ
Unicodeiɛk

說文解字

置騎也。从馬睪聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

驿 yì relay station Simplified

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode