拨接
bō​jiē

dial-up

拨 bō move Simplified

To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
发
发 Meaning component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

接 jiē receive

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

妾
妾 Sound component
qiè concubine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsjep[ts][a]p connect

說文解字

《說文》：“接，交也。从手，妾聲。”

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)

撥 bō move Traditional

To dispatch 發 goods by hand 扌

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
發
發 Meaning component
fā, fa, fà send out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpatpˤatspread out
Zhengzhangpaːd
Unicodebɑt

說文解字

治也。从手發聲。

Sources

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