quǎn

pull up

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

Components

Iconic component
quǎn dog
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an object that is making the dog stumble.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 9 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangboːd

說文解字

《說文》:“犮,走犬皃。从犬而丿之。曳其足則剌犮也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.750-751
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica