Origin

This character combines a hand radical on the left, which shows it's about doing something with your hands, with the character for "white" on the right. The "white" component is a sound hint that helps indicate how to pronounce the character, not part of its meaning. Together, the hand doing an action suggested by the sound creates a character meaning to clap or beat, as in striking something rhythmically with your hands.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).