甄拔
zhēn​bá

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甄 zhēn, zhèn, juàn to examine

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 垔 represents the sound.

Components

瓦
瓦 Meaning component
wǎ earthenware
垔
垔 Sound component
yīn dam up, block, restrain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyint.qi[n]potter"s wheel
Zhengzhangken
kin
Unicodegyɛn

說文解字

匋也。从瓦垔聲。

Sources

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

拔 bá, ba pull up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

菝

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeatbˤ<r>ot uproot
bajHbˤot-s thinned out (forest)

說文解字

《說文》：“拔，擢也。从手，犮聲。”

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)