摷

摷 U+6477, 摷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6477 ← 摶 [U+6476] CJK Unified Ideographs 摸 → [U+6478]

摷 U+2F8C6, 摷 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C6 ← 撝 [U+2F8C5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㩬 → [U+2F8C7]

Translingual

Han character

摷 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 手女女木 (QVVD), four-corner 5209₄, composition ⿰扌巢)

Derived characters

• 𫬈, 𦾱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 452, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12643
• Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1951, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6477

• Unihan data for U+2F8C6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 摷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
璅	*ʔslaːwʔ
繅	*ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw
薻	*ʔslaːwʔ
罺	*ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws
摷	*ʔsraːw, *raːw
勦	*sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢	*zraːw, *zraːws
轈	*zraːw
樔	*zraːw
鄛	*zraːw
剿	*ʔslawʔ
漅	*ʔslawʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsraːw, *raːw): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 巢 (OC *zraːw, *zraːws).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		摷
alternative forms		㩰 𡁻 Cantonese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ziu⁶
    • Yale: jiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, tsraew

Rime
Character	摷	摷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	落蕭切	側交切
Baxter	lew	tsraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/t͡ʃˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/ʈ͡ʂᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/t͡ʃau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/ʈ͡ʂaɨw/
Li Rong	/leu/	/t͡ʃau/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/t͡ʃau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/ʈ͡ʂau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	zhāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	zaau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/, /*ʔsraːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摷	摷
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	1304	1292
Phonetic component	巢	巢
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	聊	𦗔
Old Chinese	/*raːw/	/*ʔsraːw/

Definitions

摷

1. (historical dictionaries only) to seize and strike
2. (Cantonese) to punch; to beat
3. alternative form of 剿 (jiǎo)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		摷
alternative forms		耖 找

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caau³
    • Yale: chaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

Definitions

摷 (Cantonese)

1. to rifle through; to search through

   摷櫃桶／摷柜桶 [Cantonese]  ―  caau³ gwai⁶ tung² [Jyutping]  ―  to rifle through drawers

   摷垃圾 [Cantonese]  ―  caau³ laap⁶ saap³ [Jyutping]  ―  to rifle through the trash

   摷書／摷书 [Cantonese]  ―  caau³ syu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to search through books

2. to sexually harass with the hands

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		摷
alternative forms		𦾱

For pronunciation and definitions of 摷 – see 抄 (“to attack; to raid; to plunder; to seize; to confiscate; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 抄).

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		摷

For pronunciation and definitions of 摷 – see 撩 (“to take; to fetch; to pick”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 撩).

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		摷

For pronunciation and definitions of 摷 – see 撈 (“to search by hand; to fumble”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 撈).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “摷”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04420

Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, rào): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 巢 (sào).

Han character

摷: Nôm readings: rào

1. chữ Nôm form of rào (“to encircle”)