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抓

抓

Translingual

Han character

抓 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO) or X手竹中人 (XQHLO), four-corner 52030, composition ⿰扌爪)

References

  • KangXi: page 421, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11885
  • Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1839, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6293

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 抓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
抓 *ʔsruː, *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs
爪 *ʔsruːʔ
笊 *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs
找 *ʔsruːʔ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 抓
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂua⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡suɑ²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂua²⁴/
Xi'an /p͡fa²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /p͡fa³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sua⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sua⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sua⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂua̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂɑ³¹/
/ʈ͡ʂuɑ³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂua²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sua¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡suɑ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sua³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sa⁵³/
/t͡so⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷɑ³³/
Wenzhou /t͡suɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sua³¹/
Tunxi /t͡suːə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕya³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕyɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sa⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sa⁵³/
Nanning /t͡sa⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sau³⁵/
/t͡sa⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sua⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sua⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sua⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡suã³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /t͡sua²³/
Rime
Character 抓 抓 抓
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 莊 (18) 莊 (18) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 側交切 側絞切 側敎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃˠau/ /t͡ʃˠauX/ /t͡ʃˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂᵚau/ /ʈ͡ʂᵚauX/ /ʈ͡ʂᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃau/ /t͡ʃauX/ /t͡ʃauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂaɨw/ /ʈ͡ʂaɨwX/ /ʈ͡ʂaɨwH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃau/ /t͡ʃauX/ /t͡ʃauH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃau/ /t͡ʃauX/ /t͡ʃauH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂau/ /ʈ͡ʂauX/ /ʈ͡ʂauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhāo zhǎo zhào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 抓 抓
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhuā zhuā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsræw › ‹ tsræwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts](ˤ)ru/ /*tsˤ<r>uʔ/
English grasp grasp

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 抓 抓 抓
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 17657 17660 17662
Phonetic
component		 爪 爪 爪
Rime
group		 幽 幽 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 𦗔 爪 抓
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsruː/ /*ʔsruːʔ/ /*ʔsruːs/
Notes 見枚乘書，北音後混撾 見枚乘書

Definitions

抓

  1. to grab
  2. to scratch (with nails, claws, etc.)
    狠抓產品質量 / 狠抓产品质量  ―  hěn zhuā chǎnpǐn zhìliàng  ― 
  3. to arrest

Synonyms

  • (to scratch):
Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 搔
Mandarin Beijing 搔、抓
Cantonese Guangzhou 𢯎、搲
Hong Kong 𢯎、搲
Taishan 搲
Min Nan Shantou 扒
Wu Wenzhou 抓

References

Japanese

Kanji

抓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

抓 • ‎(jo) (hangeul 조, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

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