手拉葫芦
shǒu​lā​hú​lu

chain hoist

手 shǒu, shou hand

Pictograph of a hand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 23 verified)

举拿掌摩拳攀摹挚擎挛掣掰挈挲搿擘搴舉掱擊攣拏摯

Iconic (2)

承拜

Deleted (1)

击

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuwXn̥uʔ hand

說文解字

《說文》：“手，拳也。象形。，古文手。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.844
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)

葫 hú bottle-gourd

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthu[ɡ]ˤagourd
Zhengzhangqʰaː
ɡaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

芦 lú, lu rushes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘆.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蘆 lú, lu rushes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

盧
盧 Sound component
rice vessel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluC.rˤalúwěi 蘆葦 reed
Zhengzhangraː
ra
Unicodelo

說文解字

蘆菔也。一曰薺根。从艸盧聲。

Sources

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