撂 – vocab dash

Keyword

to put down

to put aside
to drop

Frequency: #4381
Strokes: 14

Readings

liào

Mnemonic

扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 畧 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

扌hand 畧approximately

Used in vocabulary

撂倒liàodǎo

to knock down; to mow down

to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down; to abandon or discard

撂挑子liàotiāozi

(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust