摑

See also: 掴

摑 U+6451, 摑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6451 ← 摐 [U+6450] CJK Unified Ideographs 摒 → [U+6452]

Translingual

Han character

摑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 手田戈一 (QWIM), four-corner 5600₀, composition ⿰扌國)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 449, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12572
• Dae Jaweon: page 800, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6451

Chinese

trad.		摑
simp.		掴
alternative forms		𢹖 敋／𢼛／𢼽／𰤥 𢐚／𱝞 𧤯 𢧷 𢹖 敋／𢼛／𢼽／𰤥 𢐚／𱝞 𧤯 𢧷 爴／𤔩 𫾹 𢮎／𰓳 槶 erroneous

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷrɯːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāi, guó, guō

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ, ㄍㄨㄛˊ, ㄍㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaak³ / gwok³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): koe̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): gued^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): guók
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorh⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek / kok
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷kuaq / ⁷kuaeq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guai
    • Wade–Giles: kuai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guai
    • Palladius: гуай (guaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹
    • Yale: gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwaak³ / gwok³
    • Yale: gwaak / gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaak⁸ / gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guag³ / guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːk̚³/, /kʷɔːk̚³/

Note: gwok³ - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koe̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuet²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɔʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek / kok
    • Tâi-lô: kik / kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg, kog
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚⁵/, /kɔk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuaq
    • MiniDict: kuah^入
    • MiniDict: kueh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kuaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuaʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kuɑʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kuɐʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuaeq
    • MiniDict: kuaeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuaʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: kweak

Rime
Character	摑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古獲切
Baxter	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摑
Reading #	1/1
No.	5566
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

摑

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hit with an open hand
2. to box somebody's ears; to slap somebody's face, buttock, etc.

   摑伊一記／掴伊一记 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁷koq-yi₆-iq₇-ci₅ [Wugniu]  ―  to slap him once

   Synonym: (Northern Wu) 排 (⁶ba)

3. (Hakka) to rap the head with one's knuckle

   佢恁好搞，等一下就會分厥爸捉來摑。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
   佢恁好搞，等一下就会分厥爸捉来掴。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

   Kì án hau-káu, tén-yit-ha chhiu voi pûn kiâ pâ chok lòi koe̍t. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   He is being so naughty; his father is going to catch him and give him a rap on the head in a moment.

Compounds

• 一鞭一條痕，一摑一掌血 / 一鞭一条痕，一掴一掌血
• 打摑 / 打掴
• 掌摑 / 掌掴 (zhǎngguāi)
• 摑手 / 掴手
• 摑打 / 掴打
• 摑打撾揉 / 掴打挝揉
• 摑搭 / 掴搭
• 摑榻 / 掴榻
• 摑混 / 掴混
• 摑耳光 / 掴耳光 (guāi'érguāng)
• 摑裂 / 掴裂
• 耳摑 / 耳掴
• 耳摑子 / 耳掴子 (ěrguāizi)
• 黃摑 / 黄掴

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko̍k / ka̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ko̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kok
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ka̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kak
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚¹²¹/

Definitions

摑

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Hokkien) to throw, pelt
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Hokkien) to throw away, toss

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to throw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		投
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扔, 丟, 拋, 擲1, 摔, 投擲, 拋擲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扔, 溜, 拽, 砍
	Taiwan	扔, 丟
	Malaysia	丟
	Singapore	丟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	扔, 拽
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撂, 丟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甩, 丟, 掟
	Wuhan	丟, 掟
	Guilin	丟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摔
	Hefei	甩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掟, 抌, 掉
	Hong Kong	掟, 抌, 掉, 拋
	Taishan	掟
	Dongguan	掟, 飛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	掉, 掟
Gan	Nanchang	拋, 釘
Hakka	Meixian	㧒, 撜, 擲4
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	擲4
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	擳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	擲4
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	擲4
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	擲4
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擊
	Singapore (Meixian)	丟
	Singapore (Dabu)	丟
Jin	Taiyuan	砍, 給, 蠻
Northern Min	Jian'ou	射
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	挌, 抾, 轆, 獻
Southern Min	Xiamen	挕, 揕, 擲2, 練, 捔, 㧒
	Quanzhou	挕, 揕, 擲2, 㧒
	Jinjiang	挕, 揕, 擲2
	Zhangzhou	挕, 揕, 捔, 㧒
	Tainan	挕, 揕, 掔
	Penang (Hokkien)	揕
	Klang (Hokkien)	抹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	挕, 揕, 擲2, 捔
	Manila (Hokkien)	挕, 揕, 擲2
	Chaozhou	捔, 撾, 挒, 標
	Jieyang	捔, 撾, 挒, 標, 打, 擲3
	Haikou	拋
Wu	Shanghai	摜, 厾
	Suzhou	厾, 真
	Wenzhou	𪜃, 甩, 拌
Xiang	Changsha	射, 釘
	Shuangfeng	亞, 打

Dialectal synonyms of 扔 (“to discard; to throw away”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扔, 丟棄
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	扔, 撇
	Taiwan	扔, 丟
	Singapore	丟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拽, 扔
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甩, 丟
	Wuhan	丟, 甩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	撂
	Hefei	撂, 甩, 板
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擗, 掉, 扔, 抌
	Hong Kong	擗, 掉, 抌
	Taishan	掉, 扔
	Dongguan	掉, 扔, 啟, 擘
	Yangjiang	擗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	擗, 掉
Gan	Nanchang	丟, 釘
Hakka	Meixian	丟, 㧒
	Singapore (Meixian)	㧒
	Singapore (Dabu)	掉
Jin	Taiyuan	砍, 撂, 蠻
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	溜, 轆, 獻, 抾, 挌
Southern Min	Xiamen	挕, 摑, 㧒
	Quanzhou	挕, 摑, 㧒
	Zhangzhou	挕, 㧒
	Klang (Hokkien)	抹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	摑
	Chaozhou	捔, 撼, 擿
	Shantou	捔, 擿
	Jieyang	捔, 撼, 擿
Wu	Shanghai	摜, 厾
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	厾
	Suzhou	厾, 摜, 甩
	Wenzhou	𪜃, 甩, 拌
Xiang	Changsha	撂, 丟
	Shuangfeng	亞

See also

• 捔

Further reading

• “摑”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01656
• “摑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• William Campbell (1913), A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 306, 357.
• 周长楫 [Zhōu Chángjí], editor (2006), “掴”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min topolects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 632.
• “摑”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “掴”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 80.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	掴
Print standard	摑

Kanji

摑

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 掴)

1. box one's ears; slap
2. catch, seize; grasp, hold; arrest, capture (つかむ)

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)^{←きやく (kyaku, historical)←くゐやく (kwyaku, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 摑つ)、つかむ (tsukamu, 摑む)、つかまえる (tsukamaeru, 摑まえる)^{←つかまへる (tukamaferu, 摑まへる, historical)}、つかまさる (tsukamasaru, 摑まさる)、つかます (tsukamasu, 摑ます)、つかませる (tsukamaseru, 摑ませる)、つかまゆ (tsukamayu, 摑まゆ)、つかまる (tsukamaru, 摑まる)、とかまえる (tokamaeru, 摑まえる)^{←とかまへる (tokamaferu, 摑まへる, historical)}、とかまる (tokamaru, 摑まる)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 摑 (MC kweak).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞k̚] ~ [kø̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [궥/괵]

Hanja

摑 (eumhun 칠 괵 (chil goek))

1. to hit, strike
2. to slap
3. to grasp, grip

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Hán-Nôm

摑: Hán Việt readings: quắc
摑: Nôm readings: quặc

1. chữ Hán form of quắc (“to box somebody's ears”)
2. chữ Nôm form of quặc (“to hook, snag; to retort”)

Derived terms

• 奇摑 (kỳ quặc)