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撩

liāo, liáo

lift up

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尞 sound component

尞  Sound component

liào

  

burnt offering

Evolution

撩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

撩  

liāo

lift up, raise; leave, depart; to lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve); to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)

撩  

liáo

to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)

Most common words with 撩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

撩

to pull up (sleeve)

撩人

to attract

撩拨

to provoke

撩开

to toss aside

撩起

to raise

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3514th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+64A9

Shuowen

“撩，理也。从手，尞聲。”


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