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
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

lián, shāo folding purse inserted in belt Simplified

Components

Meaning component
clothes

cloth

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

folding purse inserted in belt Traditional

Components

Meaning component
clothes

cloth

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode