挡拆
dǎng​chāi

pick and roll

挡 dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
当
当 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

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拆 chāi to break up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

斥
斥 Sound component
chì to scold

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhækqʰˤ<r>ak (dialect: *qʰˤr- > *r̥ ˤ- > trh-)take apart, dismantle
Zhengzhangtŋ̊ʰraːɡ
Unicodetjæk

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

擋 dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
當
當 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang