蜴 (yì): (in 蜥蜴) lizard

Meanings

一只蜥蜴从石墙上窜过。

Yì zhī xīyì cóng shíqiáng shàng cuàn guò.

A lizard darted across the stone wall.

火蜥蜴是两栖动物，不是真正的蜥蜴。

Huǒxīyì shì liǎngqī dòngwù, búshì zhēnzhèng de xīyì.

The salamander is an amphibian, not a true lizard.

usage

蜴 only appears in 蜥蜴 (lizard). It is a bound syllable with no independent meaning.

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm; reptile

The 虫 radical on the left covers small creeping creatures, including lizards and other reptiles.

phonetic

易 yì

easy; to change

On the right 易 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

蜴 yì