攬
lǎn HSK7

grasp

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

覽
覽 Sound component
lǎn look at

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːmʔ
Unicodelɑ̌m

Sources

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

揽 lǎn grasp Simplified

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

览
览 Sound component
lǎn look at

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode