to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on
Depicts a hand (手) pulling a plant (𠦪) out of the ground. Based on the original meaning "pull out", now written as 拔. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
《說文》：“，首至地也。从手、。，音忽。拜，揚雄說，拜从兩手下。，古文拜。”
pull out