懂中文 Dong Chinese

搗

dǎo

hull

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

島 sound component

島  Sound component

dǎo

  

island

Definitions

捣 (搗) 

dǎo

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

Most common words with 搗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

捣乱

to disturb

捣

pound

捣蛋

to cause trouble

捣毁

to destroy

捣鼓

to fiddle with sth