懂中文 Dong Chinese

搞

gǎo

to do, take care of

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

高 sound component

高  Sound component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

搞 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

搞  

gǎo

to clear, clarify; to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of

Most common words with 搞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

搞

to do

搞好

to do well at

搞活

to enliven

搞鬼

to make mischief

搞乱

to mess up