揠
yà

to pull up

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

匽
匽 Sound component
yǎn, yàn to hide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛtʔˤr[e]tpull up
Zhengzhangqreːd

說文解字

拔也。从手匽聲。

Sources

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