Chinese

搶

qiǎng
to snatch away
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 手
  • 13 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese倉 “granary”
    • ideaChinese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)”
    • ideaChinese戶 “door”

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