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搅

攪
jiǎo
verb HSK 7-9 #5,097

Meanings

  1. 1 to stir
  2. 2 to mix
  3. 3 to disturb

Examples

用勺子搅一搅汤。
Yòng sháozi jiǎo yì jiǎo tāng.
Stir the soup with a spoon.
别搅我的好事。
Bié jiǎo wǒ de hǎoshì.
Don't mess up my plans.

Tips

usage
搅 can mean physically stirring (搅汤) or figuratively disturbing/messing things up (搅局 = to disrupt, 搅乱 = to throw into confusion). 搅拌 is a more specific compound for 'to stir/mix'.

Components

radical
扌 shǒu
hand (radical)
Left hand radical — the side-stacking variant of 手. Stirring is a quintessential hand action: dipping a chopstick or spoon into liquid and rotating. The radical also marks the figurative senses (to disturb, to stir up trouble) — both involve a hand reaching in and disrupting.
phonetic
觉 jué
feel; awake
Right 觉 supplies the sound — jué shifted to jiǎo (rime preserved, initial palatalised). Simplified from traditional 攪, where the phonetic was the heavier 覺. There is also a faint mnemonic: stirring 'wakes up' (觉) the contents of a pot, mixing them into one. Family includes 搞 (gǎo, do/make), 校 (jiào, check).

Stroke Order

搅 jiǎo