撩拨
liáo​bō

provoke

撩 liāo lift up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
reːwʔ
Unicodeleu
lěu

說文解字

理也。从手尞聲。

Sources

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

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

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)