捉住 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhuōzhù

catch

zhuō grasp

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

足 Sound component

zú foot

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsræwk	[ts](ˤ)rok	grasp (v.)
Zhengzhang		ʔsoːɡ
Unicode	jrak

說文解字

搤也。从手足聲。一曰握也。

Sources

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

zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主 Sound component

zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuH	dro(ʔ)-s	stop (v.)

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart