搓

搓

搓 U+6413, 搓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6413 ← 搒 [U+6412] CJK Unified Ideographs 搔 → [U+6414]

Translingual

Han character

搓 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿手一 (QTQM), four-corner 5801₁, composition ⿰扌差)

References

• KangXi: page 446, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12476
• Dae Jaweon: page 797, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1923, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6413

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Chinese

trad.		搓
simp. #		搓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
左	*ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls
佐	*ʔsaːls
袏	*ʔslaːls
蹉	*sʰlaːl
瑳	*sʰlaːl, *sʰlaːlʔ
搓	*sʰlaːl
磋	*sʰlaːl
溠	*sʰlaːl, *sraːl, *ʔsraːls
傞	*sʰlaːl, *slaːl
醝	*zlaːl
瘥	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *sʰreːls
鹺	*zlaːl
嵯	*zlaːl, *sʰral
嵳	*zlaːl
蒫	*zlaːl, *ʔsljal, *ʔslɯl
艖	*zlaːl, *sʰraːl
齹	*zlaːl, *sʰral, *zral
縒	*slaːlʔ, *sʰral, *sʰlaːɡ
褨	*slaːlʔ
嗟	*ʔsljal
差	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral
鎈	*sʰraːl
槎	*zraːl, *zraːlʔ
髊	*zlals

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuō (cuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho
• Min Nan (POJ): chho / so
• Wu (Wiktionary): tshu (T1); tsho (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
    • Yale: tswō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹
    • Yale: chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho / so
    • Tâi-lô: tsho / so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy, soy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴/, /so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo³³/, /so³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴/, /so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴/, /so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/, /sɤ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chho - literary;
• so - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshu (T1); tsho (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰv̩ʷ⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑ/

Rime
Character	搓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰa/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搓
Reading #	1/1
No.	18010
Phonetic component	左
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蹉
Old Chinese	/*sʰlaːl/

Definitions

搓

1. to rub between hands
2. (Shanghainese Wu) to flirt with; to pick up

   搓小姑娘 [Shanghainese]  ―  [t͡sʰv̩ʷ⁴⁴  ɕiɔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiã²¹] [IPA]  ―  to pick up girls

Synonyms

• (to pick up):
  • 盤／盘

Compounds

挼搓 揉搓 (róucuō) 搓弄 搓手 (cuōshǒu) 搓揉 (cuōróu) 搓板 (cuōbǎn)

搓澡 (cuōzǎo) 滴粉搓酥 搓圓仔／搓圆仔 搓圓仔湯／搓圆仔汤 搓手跺腳／搓手跺脚 搓手頓腳／搓手顿脚 (cuōshǒudùnjiǎo)

搓手頓足／搓手顿足 搓湯圓／搓汤圆 (cuō tāngyuán) 搓粉團朱／搓粉团朱 搓粉摶朱／搓粉抟朱 搓麻將／搓麻将 (cuō májiàng)

Etymology 2

trad.		搓
simp. #		搓
alternative forms		猜

From 搋 (caai1).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹
    • Yale: chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

搓

1. (Cantonese) to knead with hands; to mix with hands; to rub
2. (Cantonese, ball games) to pass the ball back and forth

Compounds

搓排球 搓波 搓燕

搓粉板 搓雀

搓麻雀 搓麵粉／搓面粉

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Japanese

Kanji

搓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さ (sa)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: よる (yoru, 搓る)

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Korean

Hanja

搓 (eum 차 (cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

搓: Hán Nôm readings: sai, tha, xaay, xay, xoay, thoa, xây

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