ǎoniù

to pull

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
yòu young, infant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqrɯːwʔ
qrɯːws

說文解字

手拉也。从手幼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica