rǎng
seize
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 襄 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
rǎng
seize, take by force; repel; to push up one's sleeves; to reject or resist; to seize; to perturb; to steal
Most common words with 攘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
bustling with activity (idiom) | ||
to seize | ||
restless | ||
a place buzzing with activity (idiom) | ||
to seize |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*naŋ | nyang | ráng | oppose, disturb |
*naŋ | nyang | ráng | steal; expel |
*naŋʔ | nyangX | rǎng | oppose; disturb |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3404th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 20 |
Unicode | U+6518 |
Shuowen | “攘，推也。从手，襄聲。” |
Sources
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