to lift

Pictograph of four hands working together to lift something.

Evolution

舁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

carry on one's shoulder; to lift; to raise

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (2 verified)

𠨧 輿

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-q(r)aʔ

yoX

give


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6672nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+8201

Shuowen

“舁,共舉也。从,从廾。讀若余。”


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