爬犁
pá​lí

sledge

爬 pá crawl, climb

Phonosemantic compound. 爪 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

Components

爪
爪 Meaning component
zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw
巴
巴 Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbae[b]ˤra climb on all fours

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

犁 lí plow

Components

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit
牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartlej[r]ˤ[i]j plow
lij[r][i]j plow (n., v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica