扒犁
pá​lí

sledge

扒 bā scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 八 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

八
八 Sound component
bā eight

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpreːds
preːd
pred

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

犁 lí plow

Components

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit
牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlej[r]ˤ[i]j plow
lij[r][i]j plow (n., v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica