抢答
qiǎng​dá

compete to answer

抢 qiǎng plunder, rob Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搶.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

答 dá, dā answer

Original meaning: small bean

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "small bean". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

Change in meaning
⺮ hints at the original meaning of 答, "small bean", which is no longer the most common meaning of 答 in modern Mandarin.
合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

劄

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttop[t]ˤ[u]p answer

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.68
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

搶 qiǎng plunder, rob Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaŋ
sʰaŋʔ
sʰraŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang