撬
qiào · HSK 7
to pry open
🔧 扌 hand radical = pry it open by hand or with a tool; qiào sounds like chow
撬 pairs the 扌 hand radical with a phonetic giving qiào. The hand radical flags a physical action done by hand or lever: to pry, to lever something open.
撬 — hand 扌 + 堯 (yáo, phonetic)
撬 is a phono-semantic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 堯 (yáo) supplies the sound, shifted to qiào. The verb means to pry or lever something open, fitting the 'hand' sense.