liào

Original meaning: 

to kick backward with the hind legs

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
尢 meaning component

  Meaning component

yóuwāng

  

lame

Not to be confused with a variant of (wart). here is derived from (curved legs).

勺 sound component

  Sound component

sháo

  

spoon

Evolution

尥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liào

to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

Most common words with 尥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)

尥蹶子

to kick with the hind legs

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (0 verified)