找抽 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhǎochōu

asking for it

zhǎo search

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

戈 Sound component

gē spear

Change in sound

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

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsruːʔ

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

由 Sound component

yóu cause

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trhjuw	l̥ru	take out, pull out

《說文》：“，引也。从手，畱聲。抽，或从由。，或从秀。”