抓住 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhuāzhù HSK3

grab

zhuā scratch

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsraew	[ts](ˤ)ru	grasp
	tsraewX	tsˤ<r>uʔ	grasp

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.)