捶
chuí · HSK 7
to beat with the fist
🔨👊 CHEW-y fist — sounds like chew, but your hand does the pounding
The left radical 扌 means hand. The right side 垂 (chuí) means to hang or droop — here it lends the sound. Hand + drooping motion = bringing a fist down hard, like hammering.
捶 — hand radical 扌 + 垂 chuí (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 垂 ('to hang down') supplies the sound chuí. Together they convey striking or pounding downward with the hand or a hammer-like motion.