摔跤
shuāi jiāo · HSK 7
to trip and fall
🤼 摔 (throw down, hand radical 扌) + 跤 (stumble, foot radical 足) = hit the ground or wrestle
摔 carries the hand radical 扌 for hurling or being flung down; 跤 carries the foot radical 足 for a stumble or tumble. Together: feet go out, body slams down — either an accidental fall or a deliberate wrestling takedown.
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.