亦 (yì) — also, too; likewise

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

亦 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

亦＝大＋八

ㄧˋ · yì

adv — also, too; likewise

字源 FORM — what the parts do

大形a standing person seen head-on, arms out — now flattened into the top of the graph

八形two marks under the arms — pointing at the armpits, the sides of the body

A person stands arms out (大), and two marks drop under the arms to point at the armpits — the body's two sides. The person has worn flat into the top stroke. The common sense is "also," 亦…亦…, this side and that side alike.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

人張開雙臂，腋下兩點——指的就是身體的兩側。

The figure throws its arms wide; two marks beneath them point at the sides of the body.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)腋下、兩側— the armpits, the sides of the body

→也、亦然— also, too; likewise常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension