掉 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

diào HSK2

fall, drop

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓 Sound component

Change in sound

掉 and 卓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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《說文》：“掉，搖也。从手，卓聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘尾大不掉。’”