to pull up

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

hand

匽 sound component

  Sound component

yǎn

  

to hide

Evolution

揠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
揠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to pull up, to eradicate; to eradicate; to pull up

Most common words with 揠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to eradicate

揠苗助长

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)