拔锚
bá​máo

weigh anchor

拔 bá, ba pull up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

犮
犮 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)

菝

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

锚 máo anchor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 苗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 錨.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

苗
苗 Sound component
miáo sprouts

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

錨 anchor Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

苗
苗 Sound component
miáo sprouts

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode