掘
jué HSK7

dig

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

屈
屈 Sound component
qū, qu bend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjut[ɡ]utdig out (earth)
gjwot[ɡ]otdig out (earth)
Zhengzhangɡlod
ɡlud
Unicodeghiuæt
ghiuət

說文解字

搰也。从手屈聲。

Sources

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