armpit

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

夜 sound component

  Sound component

  

night

Evolution

腋 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
腋 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
腋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yì]

Most common words with 腋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腋窝

armpit

腋下

underarm

armpit

腋毛

armpit hair

腋臭

body odor