扦

qiān
千 + 扌

Definitions

qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc)

Etymology phono-semantic

hand

Semantic: 扌 Phonetic: 千

About

A phono-semantic compound, 扦 pairs the hand radical 扌 (suggesting manual action) with the phonetic 千 (qiān). The primary verb sense is to insert or graft, particularly when referring to a plant cutting set into soil or another plant. As a noun, it denotes a sharp bamboo or wooden peg, skewer, or probe used to pierce and extract samples from bulk goods such as sacks of grain.

Related Characters

Component: 千

迁 歼 舌 纤 乖 忏 阡 仟 芊 钎 臿 兛 圱 瓩

Component: 扌

把 提 打 报 接 指 据 拉 持 技 找 推 投 护

Example Words

扦插