奕
yì

in sequence

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
亦
亦 Sound component
yì also

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyek[ɢ](r)Akgreat, ample (redupl.)
Zhengzhanglaːɡ
Unicodeiɛk

說文解字

大也。从亣亦聲。《詩》曰：“奕奕梁山。”

Sources

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