尥 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

liàoniǎo

to kick backward with the hind legs

Phonosemantic compound. 尢 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components

尢 Meaning component

yóu, wāng lame

Not to be confused with a variant of 尤 (wart). 尢 here is derived from 尣 (curved legs).

勺 Sound component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	breːw
	b·reːwɢs

《說文》：“尥，行脛相交也。从尢，勺聲。牛行腳相交為尥。”