扯住 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chězhù

grasp

chě, che rip up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撦.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

止 Sound component

zhǐ (foot), stop

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰjaːʔ

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主 Sound component

zhǔ master

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuH	dro(ʔ)-s	stop (v.)