扳
bānpān HSK7

pull

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤranpull forward
Zhengzhangpraːn
pʰraːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang