拃

拃 U+62C3, 拃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C3 ← 拂 [U+62C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 拄 → [U+62C4]

Translingual

Han character

拃 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人尸 (QOS), composition ⿰扌乍)

1. grope, press, span

Derived characters

• 𮅖, 𢜉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11938
• Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1853, character 6
• Unihan data for U+62C3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		拃
alternative forms		扠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎ (zha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
    • Wade–Giles: cha³
    • Yale: jǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³
    • Yale: ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/

Definitions

拃

1. to measure by handspans; to span
2. Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger or little finger: span

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa⁶
    • Yale: jah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: za⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː²²/

Definitions

拃

1. (Cantonese) Classifier for handfuls of something.

   一拃沙 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ zaa⁶ saa¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a handful of sand

2. (Cantonese) Classifier for people or objects: bunch; group

   一拃人 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ zaa⁶ jan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a group of people

   我去執吓房裡便嗰拃嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我去执吓房里便嗰拃嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ heoi³ zap¹ haa⁵ fong^4-2 leoi⁵ bin⁶ go² zaa⁶ je⁵. [Jyutping]

   I will tidy up the [bunch of] things in the room.

Compounds

• 跌落地揦返拃沙

 

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa⁶
    • Yale: jah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: za⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː²²/

Definitions

拃

1. (Cantonese) to block; to obstruct

Compounds

• 掗拃／挜拃

 

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan³
    • Yale: jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsraenX

Rime
Character	拃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側板切
Baxter	tsraenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠanX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚanX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨnX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃanX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃanX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂanX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拃
Reading #	1/1
No.	16652
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䩆
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːnʔ/

Definitions

拃

1. (obsolete) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)