犮
báquǎn

pull up

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Pictograph of a dog. Similar to 犬. Also used as a variant of 拔 (to pull up).

Components

犬
犬 Iconic component
quǎn dog
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an object that is making the dog stumble.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangboːd

說文解字

《說文》：“犮，走犬皃。从犬而丿之。曳其足則剌犮也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)