拆
chāicā HSK5

to break up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

斥
斥 Sound component
chì to scold

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhækqʰˤ<r>ak (dialect: *qʰˤr- > *r̥ ˤ- > trh-)take apart, dismantle
Zhengzhangtŋ̊ʰraːɡ
Unicodetjæk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang