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traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
丮 手 ⿹⺄
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
catch
Mnemonic
The hand 手 extended
Etymology
Notes
Originally this was a profile of a person kneeling down 卩 with two hands extended; later it was simplified to hand 手 with a curved line indicating reaching or holding