TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
也
ㄧㄝˇ · yě
adv — also, too
字源 FORM — what the parts do
也形rendered bare — no claimed origin
Three strokes, one piece. In classical pages it closes sentences; today it says also: 我也是. As a donor it builds 他、地、池、拖 — the readings worn far apart.
意 · Meanings
(假借)（文言）……也— the classical sentence-closer — its oldest job on record
→也、也是— also, too常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension