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zhǎo HSK1

approved by Peter Olson · Jan 6, 2021, 04:30 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 6, 2021, 04:30 PM

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

戈 Sound component

Change in sound

找 and 戈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsruːʔ