拉筋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lājīn

stretching

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)

jīn muscles

Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

肋 Meaning component

lē, lèi, jīn ribs

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjɨn	C.[k]ə[n]	sinew
Zhengzhang		kɯn
Unicode	giən

說文解字

肉之力也。从力从肉从竹。竹，物之多筋者。凡筋之屬皆从筋。

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

筋 jīn muscles

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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lā, la pull

jīn muscles