托架 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tuōjià

bracket

tuō to hold up, support

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

乇 Sound component

tuō, zhé to depend on

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l̥ʰaːɡ

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

加 Sound component

jiā add

木 Meaning component

mù tree

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kraːls