shāo

to select

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

肖 sound component

  Sound component

xiàoxiāo

  

look like

Evolution

捎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shāo

to select; to take; to carry; to bring sth to sb; to deliver