募捐
mù juān · HSK 7
to solicit contributions
🙏💰 募 solicit + 捐 donate = solicit donations (juan = the donating half)
募 means to raise or recruit; 捐 means to donate or contribute. Together: actively solicit contributions. The juan in 捐 is the give-money half, so mu-juan is the asking-for-donations word.
捐 — hand 扌 + 肙 (small worm, phonetic)
捐 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 suggests an action done by hand, while 肙 supplies the sound (juān). The original sense was 'to remove' or 'cast aside' by hand, which later extended to 'relinquish' and then 'donate' or 'contribute'.