扳罾
bān​zēng

lift net

扳 bān 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

罾 zēng a large square net

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye

net

曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯːŋ
Unicodetzəng

說文解字

魚网也。从网曾聲。

Sources

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