捶
chuí HSK7

strike with stick

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搥.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

垂
垂 Sound component
chuí droop

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyweXtojʔto beat
Zhengzhangtjolʔ
Unicodejiuɛ̌

說文解字

以杖擊也。从手垂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)