𠬤
yìzédù

spy on

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 3, 2021, 05:01 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 3, 2021, 05:01 PM

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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.

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
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