懂中文 Dong Chinese

揭

jiē

raise

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

曷 sound component

曷  Sound component

hé

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

揭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
揭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

揭  

jiē

raise, lift up; surname; to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask

Most common words with 揭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

揭晓

to publish

揭露

to expose

揭开

to uncover

揭示

to show

揭

to expose