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The origin of the character is a pictograph depicting a small branch supported by a stake. From this image, the meaning of “stake” (말뚝) was derived.
There is also a theory that it is a pictograph of a “ju-sal” (a kind of hunting weapon or spear).

In classical usage, 弋 referred to tools or weapons used for shooting or catching, often involving barbed points or tethers.
It also appears as a radical in other Chinese characters, typically related to weapons or tools.

#48 — master craftsman, master artisan, tool, to make, to build

#49 — self, ego, body

#50 — towel, cloth

#51 — shield, dry, to violate, to interfere

#52 — tiny, minute, young, or something like that

#53 — house built to depend on a cliff, wide

#54 — to stride, going a long distance

#55 — to hold up with both hands

#56 — a stake, a wooden post

#57 — bow (for shooting arrows)

#58 — pig head/snout

#59 — hair

#60 — to walk a little, to take small steps

#61 — heart, mind, center, core

#62 — dagger-axe, spear (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)

#63 — door, house number, house, home

#64 — hand

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弋

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