掴 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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guāi

box one's ears

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

国 Sound component

guó

nation

Evolution

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

guāi

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

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5461st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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