𢳎

bài

pull out

Depicts a hand () pulling a plant (𠦪) out of the ground. Ancient form of .

Components
扌 iconic component

  Iconic component

shoushǒu

  

hand

𠦪 iconic component

𠦪  Iconic component

tāo

  

decorative plant

Evolution

𢳎 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𢳎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𢳎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
𢳎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𢳎  

bài

pull out

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+22CCE

Shuowen

“,首至地也。从手、。,音忽。拜,揚雄說,拜从兩手下。,古文拜。”
Sources

李学勤《字源》p.1054

季旭昇《說文新證》p.844-845



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