抠
kōu HSK7

raise

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摳.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

摳 raise Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoː
kʰo

說文解字

繑也。一曰摳衣升堂。从手區聲。

Sources

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