亦

亦 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 0033₀, composition ⿱亠⿻小丿(GTJK) or ⿵六⿰丿亅(GTJK) or ⿱亠⿻小丨(H) or ⿵六刂(H))

• 奕 帟 弈 跡 迹 㑊 洂 𠲔 𢙕 𤥂 硛 𩷉 𪁂 𠸠 𣖞
• 変 弯 恋 栾 蛮 (all as Japanese simplification of 䜌 to 亦)
• See 𰁜 for Chinese simplification of 䜌 to 𰁜.
  • Note that it does not appear that 奕 is a simplification of 奱, nor 帟 a simplification of 㡩.

• KangXi: page 88, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
• Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 281, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4EA6

Historical forms of the character 亦
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j23573 j23574 j23575 j23576 j23577 j23578 j23579 j23580 j23581 j23582 j23583 j23584 j23585 j23586 j23587 j23588 j23589 j23590 j23591 j23592 j23593 j23594 j23595 j23596 j23597 j23598 j23599 j23600 j23601 j23602 j23603 j23604 j23605 j23606 j23607 j23608 j23609 j23610 j23611 j23612 j23613 j23614 j23615 j23616 j23617 j23618 j23619 j23620 j23621 j23622 j23623 j23624 j23625 j23626 j23627 j23628 j23629 j23630 j23631 j23632 j23633 j23634 j23635 j23636 j23637 j23638 j23639 j23640 j23641 Bronze inscriptions b15007 b15008 b15009 b15010 b15011 b15012 b15013 b15014 b15015 b15016 b15017 b15018 b15019 b15020 b15021 b15022 b15023 Small seal script s07485 Transcribed ancient scripts L38355
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogram (指事) – a human figure (compare 大) with water falling from them (roughly from arm pits). Original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”) or 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid”).

Cognate with Mizo ve (“also; too”), Mizo vêk (“again; over again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

亦

1. also; too; likewise; still

   • 其竹節度三尺，柔細可為索，亦以皮為麻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其竹节度三尺，柔细可为索，亦以皮为麻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Qí zhújié duó sān chǐ, róuxì kě wéi suǒ, yì yǐ pí wéi má. [Pinyin]

     Each joint measures three chi; thin and supple, it may be used as a rope, and its skin may also be used as linen.

2. only; just
3. already
4. although
5. a surname
6. meaningless particle

• 也 (yě)

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. also

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)
• Kun: また (mata, 亦); でも (demo, 亦)

亦 (eum 역 (yeok))

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亦: Hán Nôm readings: diệc

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