挐

Translingual

Han character

挐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口手 (VRQ), four-corner 4650₂, composition ⿱如手)

Derived characters

• 𢞙, 𣹤, 𣖹, 蒘, 𥰪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12054
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1865, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6310

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rnaː, *na) : phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 挐 – see 拿 (“to take; to hold; to grasp; to seize; to capture; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 拿).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		挐
alternative forms		茹 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú, nú (ru², nu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ, ㄋㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lû / lîr / jî / jû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nú
    • Wade–Giles: nu²
    • Yale: nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nu
    • Palladius: ну (nu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
    • Tâi-lô: lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr
    • Tâi-lô: lîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî
    • Tâi-lô: jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû
    • Tâi-lô: jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjo

Rime
Character	挐
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女余切
Baxter	nrjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆/
Li Rong	/niɔ/
Wang Li	/nĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǘ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*na/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挐
Reading #	2/2
No.	9613
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	袽
Old Chinese	/*na/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 挐

1. ^† to pull; to draw
2. ^† to continue; to be uninterrupted
3. ^† to mix
4. ^† (Southern Min) chaotic; messy
5. (Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) to make trouble without reason; nagging unreasonably
6. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

挐

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. drag

Readings

• On (unclassified): だ (da), じょ (jo)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

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Korean

Hanja

挐 • (na, nyeo>yeo) (hangeul 나, 녀>여, revised na, nyeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer na, nyŏ>yŏ, Yale na, nye>ye)

1. seize
2. hold (in hand)