搦

Translingual

Han character

搦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手弓一一 (QNMM), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌弱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12500
• Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1938, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6426

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Chinese

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	*njewɢ, *neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	*rneːwɢ, *rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Etymology

Cantonese 搦 (nik1) has a nasal-stop alternant in 拎 (ning1) (Kwok et al. (2008)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuò (nuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): niăh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍k / lio̍k / jio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuò
    • Wade–Giles: no⁴
    • Yale: nwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
    • Palladius: но (no)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nik¹
    • Yale: nīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niăh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiaʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lak
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/

Note:

• la̍k - "to grasp", "to rub in water";
• lio̍k/jio̍k - "to tread on", "to rub and knead".

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• Middle Chinese: nraewk, nrwaek

Rime
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	女角切	女白切
Baxter	nraewk	nrwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠʌk̚/	/ɳˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚɔk̚/	/ɳʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɔk̚/	/nuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨwk̚/	/ɳwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/nɔk̚/	/nuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuò	nuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nok6	nak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rneːwɢ/, /*rnaːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10950	10951
Phonetic component	弱	弱
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	搦	蹃
Old Chinese	/*rneːwɢ/	/*rnaːwɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 搦

1. (Classical) to repress; to restrain
2. to grasp, to seize; to take in hand
3. (Cantonese) to hold in the hand

   搦起塊石／搦起块石 [Cantonese]  ―  nik¹ hei² faai³ sek⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  pick up a rock

4. to challenge
5. to capture
6. (Southern Min) to grasp in hand
7. (Southern Min) to rub in water

   搦衫褲／搦衫裤 [Hokkien]  ―  la̍k saⁿ-khò͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  rub clothes in water for washing

8. (Southern Min) to rub and knead
9. (Southern Min) to tread on

   搦塗糜／搦涂糜 [Hokkien]  ―  lio̍k thô͘-bôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  tread on mud

Synonyms

• (Cantonese: to hold in the hand): (Mandarin) 提 (tí), 拿 (ná)

Dialectal synonyms of 拿 (“to take; to hold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拿
	Taiwan	拿
	Malaysia	拿
	Singapore	拿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拿
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	拿, 搦
	Xi'an	拿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拿
	Wuhan	拿
	Guilin	拿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拿
	Hefei	拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong	攞, 拎, 搦
	Macau	拎
	Taishan	𢬿, 討
	Kaiping (Chikan)	討
	Yangjiang	捰, 拎, 摣
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	攞, 拎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	攞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	攞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攞
	Penang (Guangfu)	攞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	搦
	Móng Cái	攞
Gan	Nanchang	拿
Hakka	Meixian	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	提
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	提
	Sabah (Bao'an)	撿
	Kuching (Hepo)	撿, 拿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	搦
Huizhou	Jixi	擔
Jin	Taiyuan	荷, 拿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿, 㨮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拈, 掏
Southern Min	Xiamen	提
	Quanzhou	提, 掗
	Jinjiang	提, 掗
	Zhangzhou	提
	Dongshan	攑
	Taipei	提, 挈 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	提
	Kaohsiung	提
	Yilan	提
	Changhua (Lukang)	提
	Taichung	提
	Tainan	提
	Hsinchu	提
	Kinmen	提, 捎
	Penghu (Magong)	提
	Penang (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Manila (Hokkien)	提, 掗
	Chaozhou	挈
	Shantou	挈
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	挈
	Jieyang	挈
	Singapore (Teochew)	挈, 攑
	Wenchang	把
	Haikou	把
	Qionghai	把
	Singapore (Hainanese)	挈
Wu	Shanghai	拿
	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	馱, 撈, 挈
	Wenzhou	朵, 抯, 揹
Xiang	Changsha	拿
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

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Japanese

Kanji

搦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)
• Kan-on: だく (daku)
• Kun: からめる (karameru, 搦める); がらみ (garami, 搦み)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 搦 (nạch)

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References

• Nom Foundation