Chinese Character Wiki
弋

yì

to shoot

Originally a pictograph of a sharp wooden stick, similar to 才. The meaning later expanded to "arrow" and "shoot".

Evolution

弋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
弋 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
弋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
弋 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
弋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

弋  

yì

catch, arrest; shoot with bow; to shoot

Most common words with 弋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

游弋

to cruise

弋

to shoot

弋阳

Yiyang county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

弋阳县

Yiyang county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

貳 贰

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

代 式 忒 鳶 鸢 甙

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

叔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lək

yik

yì

shoot arrow with string attached


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4265th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5F0B

Shuowen

“弋，橜也，象折木衺銳著形。从，象物挂之也。”


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