拄
zhǔ HSK7

lean on

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjuXt<r>oʔprop up, support (v.)
Zhengzhangtoʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang