拉呱 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lāgua

chat

lā, la pull

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

立 Sound component

lì stand

Change in sound

拉 and 立 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
拉 lop
立 lip

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

啦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lop	[r]ˤəp	break

說文解字

《說文》：“拉，摧也。从手，立聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

gū, guā, guǎ wail

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

瓜 Sound component

guā melon

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ku	kʷˤa	wail
Zhengzhang		kʷaː

說文解字

小兒嗁聲。从口瓜聲。《詩》曰：“后稷呱矣。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

拉 lā, la pull

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

呱 gū, guā, guǎ wail

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

lā, la pull

gū, guā, guǎ wail