摔
shuāi · HSK 5
throw
🤾 摔 = 扌(hand) + 率 (shuài). Hand action that sounds like shuài → shuāi.
The 扌 radical marks a hand action; 率 (shuài) supplies the sound, shifted to shuāi. So 摔 is a hand-verb for hurling, dropping, or taking a tumble.
摔 — hand radical 扌 + 率 shuài (phonetic)
摔 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 率 (shuài) supplies the sound. Originally meaning to hurl or throw down, it extended to falling or tumbling, as when something is cast to the ground.