nuò

grasp

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
ruò weak

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrneːwɢ
rnaːwɢ

說文解字

按也。从手弱聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica