擦

擦	U+64E6, 擦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64E6

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

擦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 手十月火 (QJBF), four-corner 5309₁, composition ⿰扌察)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 460, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12862
Dae Jaweon: page 808, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1977, character 3
Unihan data for U+64E6

Chinese[edit]

trad.		擦
simp. ^#		擦
2nd round simp.		𰓣

Glyph origin[edit]

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

	Old Chinese
蔡	*sʰlaːds
瘵	*ʔsreːds
祭	ʔsreːds, ʔsleds
際	*ʔsleds
穄	*ʔsleds
鰶	*ʔsleds
傺	*hr'eds
摖	*sʰleːds
擦	*sʰlaːd
攃	sʰlaːd, saːd
礤	*sʰlaːd
察	*sʰreːd
詧	sʰreːd, sʰeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰlaːd): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 察 (OC *sʰreːd) – wipe, scrub by hand.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cā (ca¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄚ

(Chengdu, SP): ca²
Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhat / chhoah / chhak

(Teochew, Peng'im): cag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cā
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ca
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹
  - Yale: tsā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsa
  - Palladius: ца (ca)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ca²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ca
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caat³
  - Yale: chaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat
  - Tâi-lô: tshat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhad
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoah
  - Tâi-lô: tshuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhak
  - Tâi-lô: tshak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhag
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰak̚³²/

Note:

chhat - literary;
chhoah - vernacular;
chhak - “wall hanging”.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: cag⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshak
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰak̚²/

Definitions[edit]

擦

to rub
to be close to; to be near
to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase
把黑板擦乾淨／把黑板擦干净 ― bǎ hēibǎn cā gānjìng ― to wipe the blackboard clean

擦嗮啲錯字／擦嗮啲错字 [Cantonese] ― caat³ saai³ di¹ co³ zi⁶ [Jyutping] ― to erase all the incorrect characters
to spread (paste etc.); to apply
to shred (melons and fruits)
(slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of 肏 (cào, “to fuck”).
utensil for rubbing (e.g., eraser, shoe polish)
黑板擦 ― hēibǎncā ― blackboard eraser
(Taiwanese Hokkien) hanging scroll; wall hanging (a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall)

Synonyms[edit]

(to wipe):

Dialectal synonyms of 擦 (“to wipe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擦
Mandarin	Beijing	擦, 抹
	Taiwan	擦, 抹
	Xi'an	擦, 搌
	Wuhan	之, 揩, 抹, 搌
	Chengdu	揩, 抹, 擦
	Yangzhou	擦, 揩, 抹
	Hefei	擦, 揩, 抹
	Malaysia	擦
	Singapore	擦, 抹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擦, 抹, 捽
	Hong Kong	擦, 抹, 捽
	Yangjiang	拭, 擦
	Penang (Guangfu)	擦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	擦
Gan	Nanchang	揩, 抹, 擦
Hakka	Meixian	捽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捽
	Kuching (Hepo)	捽
Jin	Taiyuan	揩, 擦
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	拭, 挸
Min Nan	Xiamen	拭, 揉
	Quanzhou	拭, 揉
	Zhangzhou	拭, 揉
	Tainan	拭, 揉
	Penang (Hokkien)	拭, 揉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拭
	Chaozhou	拭, 㧫, 抙
	Raoping	拭, 㧫
	Shantou	㧫
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㧫
	Jieyang	拭, 㧫, 抙
Wu	Suzhou	揩
Wu	Wenzhou	擦, 𢄺
Xiang	Changsha	湊, 抹, 揩
Xiang	Shuangfeng	揩, 抹

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拂拭 (fúshì)
揩拭 (kāishì)
揩擦 (kāicā)

擦抹 (cāmǒ)
擦拭 (cāshì)

擦洗 (cāxǐ)
撣拂／掸拂 (dǎnfú)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 擦

喉擦音
嘶擦音
塞擦化 (sècāhuà)
塞擦音 (sècāyīn)
挨擦
挨肩擦膀
揩擦 (kāicā)
摩拳擦掌 (móquáncāzhǎng)
摩擦 (mócā)
摩擦力 (mócālì)
摩擦阻力
摩擦音 (mócāyīn)
擦一餐
擦亮 (cāliàng)
擦亮眼睛
擦化 (cāhuà)
擦子 (cāzi)
擦屁股 (cā pìgǔ)
擦布
擦抹 (cāmǒ)
擦拭 (cāshì)
擦拳摩掌
擦掉 (cādiào)
擦掠
擦棒球 (cābàngqiú)
擦油

擦洗 (cāxǐ)
擦澡 (cāzǎo)
擦牙
擦痕
擦破
擦碗布
擦磨
擦背
擦脂抹粉
擦菜板
擦鞋 (cāxié)
擦鞋狗
擦音 (cāyīn)
擦音化 (cāyīnhuà)
板擦 (bǎncā)
橡皮擦 (xiàngpícā)
牙擦
牙擦擦
破擦音
破裂摩擦音
磨擦 (mócā)
粉擦
黑板擦 (hēibǎncā)
可擦寫／可擦写
摩擦拋光／摩擦抛光

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

擦

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Go-on: さち (sachi)
Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
Kun: する (suru, 擦る, Jōyō); すれる (sureru, 擦れる, Jōyō); さする (sasuru, 擦る)

Derived terms[edit]

靴(くつ)擦(ず)れ (kutsuzure)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

擦 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune–Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)

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Compounds[edit]

麻擦 (마찰, machal)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

擦: Hán Nôm readings: sát, xát, xớt

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擦

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Definitions[edit]

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Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Compounds[edit]

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