捐
juān · HSK 6
donation
💰 Sounds like Juan — Juan always donates generously
The hand radical 扌 shows the act of giving. juān sounds just like the name Juan. Juan is famously generous — he donates everything he has.
捐 — hand 扌 + 肙 (small worm, phonetic)
捐 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 suggests an action done by hand, while 肙 supplies the sound (juān). The original sense was 'to remove' or 'cast aside' by hand, which later extended to 'relinquish' and then 'donate' or 'contribute'.