chāi HSK5

to break up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
chì to scold

Historical Pronunciations

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

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang