duō

collect

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

叕 sound component

  Sound component

zhuó

  

to connect, to join together

Evolution

掇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掇 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
掇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

duō

collect, gather up, pick up; to pick up; to collect; gather up

Most common words with 掇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拾掇

to clear up

撺掇

to urge sb on

to pick up

掇刀区

Duodao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[Jīng​mén​shì], Hubei