Chinese Character Wiki
曳

yè

pull, drag

Pictograph of two hands pulling something.

Evolution

曳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
曳 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
曳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

曳  

yè

trail, tow, drag, pull; to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. [yì]

Most common words with 曳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

摇曳

(of a flame) to flicker

拖曳

to pull

曳

to drag

曳光弹

tracer

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

拽

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

洩 拽

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3364th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+66F3

Shuowen

“曳，臾曳也。从申，丿聲。”


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