拎
līn · HSK 7
to carry in one's hand
🛍️ 拎 = 扌 hand + 令 líng (the sound clue) — to carry in your hand
The 扌 hand radical tells you it is a hand action; 令 líng supplies the sound, softened to līn. Sounds like lean — the side you tilt toward when one hand totes a heavy bag.
拎 — hand radical 扌 + 令 lìng (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 令 supplies the sound (lìng → līn). The character means to carry or lift something by its handle, like a bag or bucket, dangling from the hand.