睪
yì

spy on

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and a remnant of 射 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Iconic component
mù eye

Depicts an eye spying.

射
射 SoundRemnant component
shè shoot

Modern form looks like 幸. Originally the 矢 in 射.

Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 射 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 7 verified)

釋譯驛擇澤嶧繹

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“睪，目視也。从橫目，从，令吏將目捕罪人也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.773-774劉釗《古文字構形學》p.87-88
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

𠬤 yì, zé, dù spy on Simplified

Simplified form of 睪. Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and a remnant of 射 represents the sound.

Components

又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 目 component in the traditional character 睪.

射
射 SoundRemnant component
shè shoot

Originally the 矢 in 射.

Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 射 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (4 of 6 verified)

释泽择译绎峄

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.773-774劉釗《古文字構形學》p.87-88
Readings & variants
Unicode