抨
pēng HSK7

impeach

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

平
平 SoundIconic component
píng flat

Depicts using a staff (丂) for striking.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰreːŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“抨，撣也。从手，平聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫王森《甲骨文、金文所谓“乎”字当释为“平”字》
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)