呆扳手
dāi​bān​shǒu

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呆 dāi dull, stupid

Depicts the mouth (口) being stuck and not moving, like wood (木), representing someone stupid or expressionless.

Components

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
木
木 Iconic component
mù tree

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯː
ŋɯː

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

扳 bān pull

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤranpull forward
Zhengzhangpraːn
pʰraːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

手 shǒu, shou hand

Pictograph of a hand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 23 verified)

举拿掌摩拳攀摹挚擎挛掣掰挈挲搿擘搴舉掱擊攣拏摯

Iconic (2)

承拜

Deleted (1)

击

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuwXn̥uʔ hand

說文解字

《說文》：“手，拳也。象形。，古文手。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.844
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)