摸彩 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mōcǎi

raffle

mō, mo touch with hand

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	maː
	maːɡ

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

采 Sound component

cǎi gather, pick

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

《說文新附》：“彩，文章也。从彡，采聲。”