搅
jiǎo · HSK 7
to mix
🥄 搅 = 扌 hand + 觉 (jué, sense) — a hand stirs the pot, sound jiǎo rides on 觉
The hand radical 扌 marks a physical action; 觉 (jué/jiào) supplies the jiǎo sound. A hand that stirs and mixes also disturbs and annoys — same verb, two senses.
搅 — hand radical 扌 + 觉 jué (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 觉 (jué) supplies the sound, shifted to jiǎo. The original meaning is to stir or mix with a hand or stick, later extended to disturb or disrupt.