爰
yuánYuán

pull, draw, lead on

Pictograph of two hands pulling a rope.

Components

爫
爫 Iconic component
zhǎo hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪. Depicts a hand.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a rope being pulled.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 8 verified)

缓援暖媛谖緩瑗锾

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

援

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwonɢʷa[n] there, then, thereupon

說文解字

《說文》：“爰，引也。从，从于。籀文以為車轅字。”

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)