挪
nuó · HSK 7
to shift
👐 扌(hand) + 那(nuó, that) = hands the sound, shove that thing over
The hand radical 扌gives the meaning (move with the hands) while 那 nà/nuó lends the sound. So 挪 = to hand-shift, to budge something sideways.
挪 — hand radical 扌 + 那 (nà)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 那 supplies the sound (originally close to 'nuó'). Together they form the verb meaning 'to move' or 'to shift,' as in physically relocating something by hand.