揍
zoù · HSK 7
to beat up
👊 揍 = 扌 hand radical + 奏 zòu (perform); the hand performs a beating, sounds like zòu
The 扌 hand radical carries the meaning of hitting, while 奏 (zòu, to perform) lends both the sound and a grim pun: a hand that performs a beating. Same zòu sound as 奏.
揍 — hand radical 扌 + 奏 zòu (phonetic)
揍 is a phono-semantic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 奏 (zòu) supplies the sound. It is a relatively late, colloquial character meaning 'to hit' or 'beat up,' built on the familiar pattern of hand-radical verbs like 打 and 拍.