耷拉
dā​la

droop

耷 dā ears hanging down

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

拉 lā, la pull

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

立
立 Sound component
lì stand
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

啦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlop[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)