懂中文 Dong Chinese

掀

xiān

lift

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

欣 sound component

欣  Sound component

xīn

  

happy, joyous

Evolution

掀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掀  

xiān

lift, raise; stir; to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse

Most common words with 掀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

掀起

to lift

掀

to rock

掀开

to lift open

掀翻

to overturn

掀动

to stir