捋
lǚluō

to pluck

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

寽
寽 SoundMeaning component
lǜ, lüè to take, to seize

寽 also acts as a meaning component.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwat[r]ˤot gather, pluck

說文解字

《說文》：“捋，取易也。从手，寽聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)