搲

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

Translingual

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

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā, wà, wǎ (wa¹, wa⁴, wa³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ, ㄨㄚˋ, ㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese

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

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): va²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ya³
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wà
    • Wade–Giles: wa⁴
    • Yale: wà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wah
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wa³
    • Yale: wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woa
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴/
• 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹o
    • MiniDict: o^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹o
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /o⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /o⁴⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搲
Reading #	1/1
No.	4345
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʷraːs/

Definitions

搲

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

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

3. (dialectal 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)

4. (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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搔, 抓
	Singapore	抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
	Yangjiang	𢯎
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
	Puning	嬈, 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
• 搲水 (Cantonese)
• 搲爛塊面 / 搲烂块面 (Cantonese)
• 搲痕 (Cantonese)
• 搲空
• 搲銀 / 搲银 (Cantonese)

Etymology 2

trad.		搲
simp. #		搲
alternative forms		wea wear

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): we⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: we⁵
    • Yale: wéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: we⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɛː¹³/

Definitions

搲

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

Compounds

• 烏搲 / 乌搲 (wu¹ we⁵) (Cantonese)