懂中文 Dong Chinese

掴

guāi

box one's ears

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 国 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摑.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

国 sound component

国  Sound component

guó

  

nation

Evolution

掴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
掴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

掴 (摑) 

guāi

box one's ears, slap; to slap; also pr. [guó]