掌掴
zhǎng​guāi

slap

掌 zhǎng, zhang palm of hand

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

撑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyangX[k.t]aŋʔ palm of the hand

說文解字

《說文》：“掌，手中也。从手，尚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

掴 guāi, guó box one's ears Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 国 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摑.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

国
国 Sound component
guó nation

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

摑 box one's ears Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

國
國 Sound component
guó nation

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷrɯːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang