bá​zhuó

promote

bá, ba pull up

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

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

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)

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

zhuó pull up

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Unknown component
dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartdræwklˤrewkpull out, select
Zhengzhangr'eːwɢ
Unicodedjhak

說文解字

引也。从手翟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica