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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. 辶 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

扁 Sound component

biǎn flat

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		peːns
Unicode	biɛ̀n