弈
yì HSK7

Chinese chess

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

Components

廾
廾 Meaning component
gǒng two hands
亦
亦 Sound component
yì also

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyek[ɢ](r)Akuneasy
Zhengzhanglaːɡ
Unicodeiɛk

說文解字

圍棊也。从廾亦聲。《論語》曰：“不有博弈者乎！”

Sources

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