拍摄
pāishè · HSK 5
take
📷🎬 拍 = clap/strike + 摄 = capture; together: strike-capture an image
拍 means to clap or strike (also a shutter press); 摄 means to absorb or capture (as in 摄影 photography). The compound covers both still photos and filming.
拍 — hand radical 扌 + white 白
A semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 gives the meaning (an action done with the hand, namely clapping or striking), while 白 (bái) supplies the phonetic clue for pāi. The original sense was to slap or pat with the open hand, later extending to beat (as in musical rhythm) and to take a photograph.