捍
hàn HSK7

ward off

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 扞.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthanHm-kˤa[r]-sward off; protect, guard
Zhengzhangɡaːns
ɡraːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang