掊 (pǒu) · to break apart; to smash

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他嫌葫芦无用，便掊了它。

Tā xián húlu wúyòng, biàn pǒu le tā.

Finding the gourd useless, he smashed it to pieces.

register

The 掊 reading ('break up; smash') is classical, famous from the gourd-smashing line in 《庄子》. The everyday reading is 掊 ('scoop with both hands').

radical

扌 shǒu

hand

Left side 扌 is the hand radical 手 in side form, fitting a verb of scooping or grasping with the hands.

phonetic

咅 pǒu

sound element

Right side 咅 is the phonetic, anchoring the póu / pǒu family of readings; the same element appears in 倍 and 部.

掊 pǒu