挨
āi , ái · HSK 6
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👉 挨 = 扌(hand) + 矣 (āi phonetic); hand pushes you next in line
Left radical 扌 is hand; right side 矣 lends the āi sound. A hand nudging things into sequence — one right next to the other, in order, adjacent.
挨 — hand radical 扌 + 矣 (phonetic)
挨 is a phonetic-semantic compound: the hand radical 扌 signals a meaning related to physical contact, while 矣 supplies the sound. It originally meant to push or strike with the hand, then broadened to 'lean against' and 'be next to' (āi), and later extended to 'suffer' or 'endure' a blow (ái).