pull, cause
搆 centers on using the hand to bring something about: pulling something into a desired state or causing an outcome through direct manual action.
搆 is a phono-semantic compound: the hand radical 扌 indicates manual action, while 冓 likely contributes the sound コウ and may carry a sense of bringing together or constructing, which fits the meanings of pulling and causing.
The hand radical 扌 beside 冓 suggests a hand actively pulling or manipulating something to cause a result. Imagine a hand pulling a lever to set a mechanism in motion.
For コウ, picture a hand pulling a rope to cause a bell to ring with a loud 'koh!' sound: koh -> コウ, and the hand action makes it happen.
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