懂中文 Dong Chinese

杙

yì

a tiny wooden post

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

弋 sound component

弋  Sound component

yì

  

to shoot

Evolution

杙 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
杙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
杙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杙  

yì

a tiny wooden post; peg; post for tethering animals