kuà

to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

hand (扌) + phonetic kuà (夸) = carry slung over the arm

The hand radical anchors the meaning: carrying something looped over the arm or shoulder. 夸 lends the sound kuà and has no bearing on the meaning here.

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着一个小包去上班。

tā kuà zhe yī gè xiǎo bāo qù shàng bān。

She carried a small bag (slung over her arm) to go to work.

着相机在街上慢慢走。

tā kuà zhe xiàngjī zài jiē shang màn màn zǒu。

He walked slowly along the street with a camera slung over his shoulder.

Words with 挎

挎兜

kuà dōu

satchel

挎兜儿

kuà dōu r

erhua variant of 挎兜[kua4 dou1]

挎包

kuà bāo

satchel

挎斗

kuà dǒu

sidecar

More characters with 扌