Translingual

Han character

揣 (radical 64 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手山一月 (QUMB), four-corner 5202₇, composition ⿰扌耑)

1. put things under clothes

References

• KangXi: page 443, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12371
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1917, character 6
• Unihan data for U+63E3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揣
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ) : semantic 手 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 耑 ‎(OC *toːn).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

揣

1. to speculate; to guess
2. to measure; to estimate; to assess
3. to try; to attempt
4. to hold; to grab
5. A surname​.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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揣

1. (Min Nan) to look for; to seek
   • 明知愛情是毒藥，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直燒，找無止痛的解藥。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     明知爱情是毒药，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直烧，找无止痛的解药。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
     From: 蕭玉芬, 毒藥

     Bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h; tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [I] clearly knew love is a poison, [but I] still drank it; by the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, [I still] could not find a painkilling antidote.

Etymology 3

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揣

1. (Hakka) to guess

Etymology 4

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揣

1. ^† to measure, to estimate
2. ^† to shake, to rock

Etymology 5

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揣

1. Only used in 囊揣 (nāngchuài) and 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài).

Etymology 6

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揣

1. to hide or carry something in clothes
2. ^† to be pregnant
3. ^† to impose onto someone

Etymology 7

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揣

1. ^† to strike

Etymology 8

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揣

1. ^† to measure

Etymology 9

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揣

1. ^†Alternative form of 團／团 (tuán, “assembled; gathered”).

References

• Chinese Linguipedia (中華語文知識庫): chuǎi, chuài/chuǎi, chuāi/chuǎi
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
• Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka (臺灣客家語常用詞辭典)
• Multi-function Chinese Character Database
• Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (重編國語辭典修定本)
• “Entry #8434”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• ZDIC
• Zhou, Changji (ed.). Minnan Fangyan Da Cidian (Chinese). Fuzhou: Fujian People's Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 7-211-03896-9.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi), すい (sui), たん (tan)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru), こころみる (kokoromiru), さだめる (sadameru)

Korean

Hanja

揣 • ‎(chwi, ta) (hangeul 취, 타, revised chwi, ta, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi, t'a, Yale chwi, tha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: súy/suý, sủy/suỷ

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References

• Nom Foundation