拖
tuō · HSK 6
pull
🪝 tuō sounds just like tow — drag something along behind you
The hand radical 扌 on the left confirms this is a manual action. Just like towing a car, 拖 means to grab hold and haul something along.
拖 — hand radical 扌 + 它 (tā, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning, indicating an action done with the hand—pulling or dragging. The right side 它 (originally depicting a snake) supplies the sound. Together 拖 came to mean 'to drag, pull, or haul.'