揪
jiū · HSK 7
to seize
✊ 扌 hand + 秋 (qiū, autumn) lends the sound; the hand half carries the gripping meaning
A phonetic-semantic compound: the 扌 hand radical signals an action done with the hand, while 秋 qiū hints at the jiū sound. So 揪 is the hand verb for grabbing and yanking something tight.
揪 — hand radical 扌 + 秋 (qiū, autumn)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 indicates the meaning—an action done with the hand, namely to grab, seize, or pull tightly. The component 秋 supplies the sound, giving the reading jiū. The character thus depicts grasping or yanking something firmly.