撮
cuōzuǒ

little bit

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

最
最 Sound component
zuì most

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshwat[tsʰ]ˤotpinch; a pinch
Zhengzhangʔsoːd
sʰoːd

說文解字

四圭也。一曰兩指撮也。从手最聲。

Sources

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