攪
jiǎo HSK7

disturb

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

覺
覺 Sound component
jué, jiào feel, think

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkæwXkˤruʔdisturb
Zhengzhangkruːʔ
Unicodegǎu

說文解字

亂也。从手覺聲。《詩》曰：“祇攪我心。”

Sources

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

搅 jiǎo disturb Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 觉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攪.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

觉
觉 Sound component
jué, jiào feel, think

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode