Chinese

搭

/tä⁵⁵/
to lay; to pile up
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 4
  • radical 手
  • 13 strokes
  • 墶
  • 處
  • 垯
  • 处

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Origin

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tuːb, *tʰoːb): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 荅 (OC *tkuːb).

Etymology 3

From 𡍲.

Etymology 4

Glottalisation of 代 (MC dojH) (Dai, 2004). Compare 勒 (“to be in, to be at”), 個 (“possessive particle”). Cognate with Zhujinese 得, Quzhounese 等, Taipingnese 帶.

Etymology 5

Compare Wu 搭/𡍲 (⁷taq).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese荅 “small bean”
    • meaningChinese艸 “grass”
    • soundChinese合 “to close; to shut”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

Related: Wu 搭/𡍲

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