Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
夜 肉 ⿰⺼夜
Mandarin
ye4, yi4
English
Definitions
armpit
Mnemonic
Part of the body 肉 that is dark like night 夜
Etymology
Notes
Originally 亦; for some reason this character evolved through night 夜 before the flesh radical 肉 was added redundantly to restore the original meaning