裁撤 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cáichè

dissolve

cái cut out

To cut 戈 cloth 衣

zāi to cut

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzoj	[dz]ˤə	cut out clothes

《說文》：“裁，制衣也。从衣，聲。”

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

chè, wén remove, take away

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢾿 than it was in ancient scripts.

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjet	m-tʰret	remove, take away
	trhjet	tʰret	remove, take away