join together

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
dā, dá, tà small bean

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːb
tʰoːb

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand  raised at the right time  also provides the pronunciation

Components

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand  raised at the right time  also provides the pronunciation

Components

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang