押
yā HSK5

mortgage

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔæpʔˤrepto seal, stamp
Zhengzhangkraːb
qraːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang