捣

捣
搗
dǎo = d + ao3
to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
捣 = 岛 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) is attacking (捣) an island (岛) in the aorta (ao3) using a toy claw (扌).

捣 character breakdown

岛
㠀
dǎo = d + ao3
variant of 島|岛[dao3]
岛 = 乌 + 山 : Don Quixote (d) is trapped on a remote island (岛) inside of the aortas (ao3). The only animal on the island is a black crow (乌), and Don Quixote is chasing it with a fork (山) round and round the island, trying to catch it.
岛
島
dǎo = d + ao3
island / CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
岛 = 乌 + 山 : Don Quixote (d) is trapped on a remote island (岛) inside of the aortas (ao3). The only animal on the island is a black crow (乌), and Don Quixote is chasing it with a fork (山) round and round the island, trying to catch it.
扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 捣 as component

捣 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 捣

捣
搗
乱
亂
to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally
捣
搗
蛋
蛋
to cause trouble / to stir up trouble
捣
搗
毁
毀
to destroy / to smash / sabotage
捣
搗
鬼
鬼
to play tricks / to cause mischief
捣
搗
鼓
鼓
to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth
捣
搗
碎
碎
to pound into pieces / to mash
鼓
鼓
捣
搗
to tinker with / to incite
捣
搗
蛋
蛋
鬼
鬼
troublemaker
捣
搗
衣
衣
to launder clothes by pounding
捣
搗
卖
賣
to resell at a profit
捣
搗
腾
騰
to buy and sell / peddling
捣
搗
腾
騰
to turn over sth repeatedly
捣
搗
烂
爛
to mash / to beat to a pulp
捣
搗
弄
弄
to move back and forward / to trade
捣
搗
实
實
to ram (earth) / to compact earth by ramming
直
直
捣
搗
to storm / to attack directly
直
直
捣
搗
黄
黃
龙
龍
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
磕
磕
头
頭
如
如
捣
搗
蒜
蒜
lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom) / fig. to pound the ground with one's head
调
調
皮
皮
捣
搗
蛋
蛋
naughty / mischievous / to act up

Sentences with 捣

那
nà
弼
bì
马
mǎ
温
we̅n
打
dǎ
翻
fa̅n
了
le
马
mǎ
天
tia̅n
君
ju̅n
 
 
捣
dǎo
毁
huǐ
了
le
御
yù
马
mǎ
监
jia̅n
The stable keeper overturned General Ma and destroyed the imperial stables.