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qín

catch

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 禽 represents the sound. Originally written as 禽, which is a pictograph of a net with a handle used for hunting.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

禽
禽 SoundIconic component

Pictograph of a net with a handle used for hunting.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgimC.ɢ(r)[ə]m catch

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica