揪送 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiūsòng

seize and deliver

jiū grasp with hand

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

秋 Sound component

qiū autumn

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsɯw

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 灷 represents the sound.

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

灷 Sound component

zhuàn seal up gaps of a boat

Modern form looks like 关.

Change in sound

送 and 灷 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	suwngH	[s]ˤoŋ-s	escort (v.), send

遣也。从辵，㑞省。