tǒng

jab

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

甬 sound component

  Sound component

yǒngtǒng

  

path

Evolution

捅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
捅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tǒng

jab; to stab; to poke; to prod; to nudge; to disclose

Most common words with 捅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to stab

捅娄子

to make a mess of sth

捅马蜂窝

to poke through a hornets' nest