掉 - Dong Chinese dictionary

diào

fall, drop

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓 Sound component

zhuō, zhuó

profound

掉 and 卓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

掉

diào

turn, move; shake, wag; drop down; to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Most common words with 掉