Not used in modern Chinese; a historical office title for a low-ranking clerk, seen in compounds like 掾吏 and 掾属. It is the hand radical 扌 plus phonetic 彖.
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Classical and historical only; encountered when reading about old officialdom, not in speech.
The left-side hand radical, 手 in compact form, hinting at someone who handles and assists with affairs. It indexes the character among hand-action graphs like 扶 and 援.
