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 <WL>插 [chā] insert, stick in; 插头 plug@@  [zhǎ] 攝
-From 扌(手 shǒu) ‘hand’ and 臿 chá phonetic.
+The character 插(􂅦) chā ‘insert’ combines 扌(手 shǒu) ‘hand’, and 臿(􁍷𦥫) chá ‘to hull grain’ (phonosemantic).
-	臿 chá is an obsolete character meaning ‘to hull grain’; it is composed of 千, depicting a pestle, and 臼 (jiù) ‘mortar’. This makes a nice picture for the meaning of 插 chā ‘insert’.
+	Note: 臿(􁍷𦥫)  chá ‘to hull grain’ depicted a mortar and pestle (pestle inserted into the mortar), and hence 臿 is phonosemantic in 插, not simply phonetic.
 #rG.543.44 K.AD1156,GSR631b D.3.1918.5 M.113 KX..441.24 B.217.0.09 E.1
-#c扌臿千臼
+#c扌臿千臼
 #y chaap-
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