Character: 亦
Modern (Beijing) reading: yì
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhiak
Classic Old Chinese: lhiak
Western Han Chinese: lhiak
Eastern Han Chinese: zhiak
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Middle Chinese: jek
English meaning : also, furthermore, then, and
Russian meaning[s]: 1) также, тоже; 2) сверх того; к тому же; и; 3) только; всего лишь; 4) древн. затем
Comments: The graph is originally a drawing of two armpits, being homophonous with 掖 'armpit' q.v. OC *lh is reflected irregularly as MC j-; aspiration is revealed by Min reflexes, Xiamen iaʔ7, Chaozhou ia6 (reflecting *lhiak-s).
Radical: 8
Four-angle index: 8320
Karlgren code: 0800 a-c
Shijing occurrences: 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 17.3, 26.1, 26.2, 35.6, 39.1, 54.3
