绎
yì
continuous
to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old)
a picture of 绎 → silk thread endlessly pulled and unraveled
The silk radical grounds the meaning: pulling a thread continuously from a cocoon was the original image, which extended to unraveling ideas, interpreting texts, and sustaining a chain of thought. The right side 睪 contributes the sound yì and does not carry the core meaning.
睪No relevant semantic contribution herePhonetic
纟Silk threadSemantic
这个故事的意思需要仔细推绎才能明白。
zhè ge gù shi de yì si xū yào zǐ xì tuī yì cái néng míng bai。
The meaning of this story needs careful inference and reasoning to understand.
山路上车辆络绎不绝，一直到了晚上。
shān lù shang chē liàng luò yì bù jué，yī zhí dào le wǎn shang。
Vehicles came and went in an endless stream on the mountain road, all the way until evening.