捎 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shāo

to select

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

肖 Sound component

xiào, xiāo

look like

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shāo

to select; to take; to carry; to bring sth to sb; to deliver

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[s]ˤew	sew	shāo	eliminate

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.1144% of movies

3061st most common character in movies

3603rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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