舀
yǎo

to scoop up

Depicts a hand (爫) scooping out pounded rice from a mortar (臼).

Components

爫
爫 Iconic component
zhǎo hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪.

臼
臼 Iconic component
jiù mortar

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

稻蹈滔韬韜

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglowʔ
lu
lo

說文解字

《說文》：“舀，抒臼也。从爪、臼。《詩》曰：‘或簸或舀。’抭，舀或从手，从宂。臼，舀或从臼、宂。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.650
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)