搗 dǎo hull Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 島 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 島 島 Sound component dǎo island Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtaːwʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 捣 dǎo hull Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 岛 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搗. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 岛 岛 Sound component dǎo island Sources Readings & variants Unicode