to lift

Pictograph of four hands working together to lift something.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (3)

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Deleted (1)

Simplified (1)

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyoXm-q(r)aʔ give

說文解字

《說文》:“舁,共舉也。从,从廾。讀若余。”

Sources

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