抛开
pāo kāi · HSK 7
to get rid of
🗑️ 抛 throw + 开 away = throw it away, get rid of it
抛 means to toss or fling; 开 means open or away. Together they mean to cast something off and be rid of it. The 开 here pushes the action outward, so 抛开 = throw aside, discard.
抛 — hand radical 扌 + 抛 phonetic 尥/包-like element
抛 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning of throwing or casting away, fitting actions done with the hand. The right side originally served as a phonetic clue, and over time 抛 settled into its modern sense of 'to throw, toss, or abandon.'
开 — two hands 廾 + door 门 (open gate)
Originally written 開, showing two hands (廾) lifting the bar (一) off a gate (門) to open it. The simplified form 开 keeps the two-hands element and drops the gate. Core meaning 'to open' extended to 'start, operate, bloom'.