撒腿 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

sātuǐ

bolt

sā, sǎ release, scatter

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

sàn, sǎn scatter

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		saːd
Unicode	sɑt

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 退 represents the sound.

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

退 Sound component

tuì retreat

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	n̥ʰuːlʔ