繹 = 糹 + 睪

繹 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “to unravel or unreel silk”. It is built from 糹 (silk) and 睪 (spy on).

Keyword: to unravel or unreel silk
Pinyin (Mandarin): yì
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: распутывать или распутывать шелк

Decomposition

ids

糹 silk
睪 spy on

How to find 繹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “silk” + “spy on”. 繹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 繹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.