摑
guāi

box one's ears

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

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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