yì

to spy on

How it’s built

Depicts using the eye (目) to subdue (㚔) someone.

meaning

eye

㚔

meaning

shackles; handcuffs

Through the ages

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 睪 as a component, most common first.

释shìto explain 泽zémarsh 择zéto select 釋shìto explain 驛yìrelay station 擇zéto select 澤zémarsh 繹yìto unravel

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