挑花 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tiǎohuā

cross-stitch

tiāo, tiǎo carry on the shoulder, pick

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

兆 Sound component

zhào omen

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thew	l̥ˤew	scratch, stir up
	dewX	lˤewʔ	provoke

《說文》：“挑，撓也。从手，兆聲。一曰摷也。《國語》曰：‘郤至挑夭。’”

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)