搲

搲 U+6432, 搲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6432 ← 搱 [U+6431] CJK Unified Ideographs 搳 → [U+6433]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 攨

Han character

搲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手十金人 (QJCO), composition ⿰扌窊)

1. to seize, to grasp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12516
• Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1937, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6432

Chinese

trad.		搲
simp. #		搲
alternative forms		𫽼 Hakka wea Cantonese, nonstandard wear Cantonese, nonstandard 握 Northern Wu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa², we²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): va²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ya³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹o

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa², we²
    • Yale: wá, wé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa², we²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa², wé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː³⁵/, /wɛː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: va²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /va⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ya³
    • Sinological IPA: /ia³¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹o
    • MiniDict: o^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹o
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /o⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /o⁴⁴/

Definitions

搲

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) to clutch; to grab
2. (Cantonese, Hakka) to scratch

   搲痕 [Cantonese]  ―  waa² han⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch an itch

3. (Cantonese, of clothing or garments) loose or wrinkled, due to repeatedly stretching or washing the garment

   alt. forms: wear

4. (dialetal Northern Wu) to grab, rake or handle with chopsticks or similar utensils

   • 齙牙吃西瓜，好像釘把搲。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
     龅牙吃西瓜，好像钉把搲。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (Northern Wu, figurative) to recuperate; to mollify; to make up for (e.g. a situation)

Synonyms

• (to scratch):

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		搔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔, 撓
Mandarin	Taiwan	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
Hakka	Meixian	搲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扒
Southern Min	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Tainan	扒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	扒
	Manila (Hokkien)	扒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	扒
Wu	Shanghai	抓
	Suzhou	抓
	Wenzhou	抓

Compounds

• 搲勿着搭勿夠
• 搲屎厾爛泥／搲屎厾烂泥
• 搲拉勿出
• 搲空