扼
è

grasp

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 厄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搤.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

厄
厄 Sound component
è adversity, distress

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica