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犮

bá, quǎn

pull up

Pictograph of a dog (犬) with an object on it that is making the dog stumble. Original form of 跋. Also used as a variant of 拔 (to pull up).

Components
犬 iconic component

犬  Iconic component

quǎn

  

dog

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts an object that is making the dog stumble.

Evolution

犮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犮 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
犮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

犮  

bá

to pull up; old variant of 拔[bá]

犮  

quǎn

old variant of 犬[quǎn]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

绂

Sound component in 9 characters (3 verified)

髮 拔 黻 跋 魃 钹 鲅 祓 茇

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+72AE

Shuowen

“犮，走犬皃。从犬而丿之。曳其足則剌犮也。”


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