撷
xié

pick up

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

颉
颉 Sound component
xié, jié, jiá fly upward

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

擷 pick up Traditional

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

頡
頡 Sound component
fly upward

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthetm-[k]ˤi[t]tuck in skirts (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰiːd
ɡiːd
Unicodehet
xet

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica