Dong Chinese dictionary

yì

spy on

Depicts shooting an arrow (矢) into the eye (目).

Components

目 Iconic component

mù

eye

矢 Iconic component

shǐ

arrow

Modern form looks like 幸.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 矢 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yì

spy on

yì

to spy out

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (4 verified)

Sources