bá
pull up
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and and 犮 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
bá
uproot, pull out; to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
Most common words with 拔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to pull up | ||
to select the best | ||
elevation | ||
to promote to a higher job | ||
to pluck |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*bˤ<r>ot | beat | bá | uproot |
*bˤot-s | bajH | bèi | thinned out (forest) |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 15.3772% of movies
1683rd most common character in movies
1502nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62D4 |
Shuowen | “拔，擢也。从手，犮聲。” |
Sources
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