捎
shāo HSK7

to select

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsew[s]ˤeweliminate
Zhengzhangsreːw
sew

說文解字

自關巳西，凡取物之上者爲撟捎。从手肖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)