揍

zòu

to hit; to beat (sb)

(coll.) to smash (sth)

hand (扌) + sound zòu (奏) = to beat someone

The hand radical carries the meaning — you use your hand to beat someone. 奏 mainly contributes the sound zòu and does not add semantic content here.

扌+奏→揍

奏To play musicPhonetic

扌HandSemantic

他把那个坏人揍了一顿。

tā bǎ nà ge huài rén zòu le yī dùn。

He gave that bad person a good beating.

你再不听话，我就揍你。

nǐ zài bù tīng huà， wǒ jiù zòu nǐ。

If you keep misbehaving, I will hit you.

挨揍

ái zòu

to be beaten

揍人

zòu rén

to hit sb; to beat sb up

揍扁

zòu biǎn

to beat (sb) up

揍死

zòu sǐ

to beat to death

欠揍

qiàn zòu

to need a spanking