挎
kuà · HSK 7
to carry
👜 扌(hand) + 夸 kuā = a hand-action that sounds like kuà: slinging a bag over your arm
The 扌 hand radical flags a carrying action; the right side 夸 (kuā, to boast) lends the near-identical sound kuà. Think of a handbag strap looped over the forearm or shoulder.
挎 — hand radical 扌 + 夸 (kuā, phonetic)
挎 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 夸 (kuā) supplies the sound. It means to carry something hung over the arm or shoulder, like a bag or basket.