U+638A "掊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+638A "掊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in historical and literary contexts, with its core meanings relating to the actions of "to scoop up" or "to dig out" using a tool, often a hand or an implement like a shovel. It can also denote the concept of "to strike" or "to beat" in certain classical texts, such as in the context of threshing grain. In modern usage, the character is relatively uncommon and appears more frequently in traditional Chinese literature, classical poetry, or specialized lexicons rather than in everyday language. Its structure combines the hand radical (扌) on the left, suggesting an action performed by hand, with the phonetic component 咅, which hints at its pronunciation in Mandarin as either "póu" or "pǒu" depending on the specific meaning.