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zhāi HSK5

pluck, pick

approved by Peter Olson · Jan 14, 2022, 05:37 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 14, 2022, 05:37 PM

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

啇 Sound component

Change in sound

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	treak	tˤrek	pluck (v.)

《說文》：“摘，拓果樹實也。从手，啻聲。”