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■ radical

zhǎo

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How it’s built

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

扌
meaning

hand — 扌 is a component form of 手.

戈
sound

dagger-axe — The pronunciation of 找 was similar to 戈 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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