懂中文 Dong Chinese

捣

dǎo

hull

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 岛 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搗.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

岛 sound component

岛  Sound component

dǎo

  

island

Evolution

捣 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
捣 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

捣 (搗) 

dǎo

hull; thresh; beat, attack; pound; beat; attack; disturb; stir

Most common words with 捣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

捣乱

to disturb

捣

pound

捣蛋

to cause trouble

捣毁

to destroy

捣鼓

to fiddle with sth