簸
bǒ
to winnow; to toss up and down
bamboo (⺮) + basket base (其) + sound (皮) = tossing grain in a winnow
A bamboo winnowing basket (⺮) is shaken to toss grain up and separate chaff from seed. 其 provides structural context as the basket's base; 皮 mainly contributes the bǒ sound.
⺮BambooSemantic
其Originally depicted a basketSemantic
皮SkinPhonetic
农民用簸箕簸去谷子里的杂物。
nóng mín yòng bǒ ji bǒ qù gǔ zi lǐ de zá wù。
the farmer used a winnowing basket to winnow the impurities out of the grain.
她把米放在竹盘里轻轻地簸，把坏的挑出来。
tā bǎ mǐ fàng zài zhú pán lǐ qīng qīng de bǒ，bǎ huài de tiāo chū lái。
she put the rice in a bamboo tray and gently tossed it to sort out the bad grains.