打拱 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǎgǒng

bow with hands

dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

打 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
打 děng
丁 teng

Character Evolution

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咑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rteŋʔ
		teːŋʔ
Unicode	děng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

gǒng fold hands on breast

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

共 Sound component

gòng together with

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjowngX	k(r)oŋʔ	join the hands
Zhengzhang		kloŋʔ
Unicode	giǒng

說文解字

斂手也。从手共聲。

Sources

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

打 dǎ, da strike

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說文解字

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拱 gǒng fold hands on breast

Components

Character Evolution

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dǎ, da strike

gǒng fold hands on breast