搦

搦	U+6426, 搦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6426

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Translingual

Han character

搦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手弓一一 (QNMM), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌弱)

References

KangXi: page 447, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12500

Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1938, character 8

Unihan data for U+6426

Chinese

trad.		搦
simp. ^#		搦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	njewɢ, neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	rneːwɢ, rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Etymology

Cantonese 搦 (nik1) has a nasal-stop alternant in 拎 (ning1) (Kwok et al., 2008).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuò (nuo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nik¹
Min Dong (BUC): niăh
Min Nan (POJ): la̍k / lio̍k / jio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nuò
  - Wade–Giles: no⁴
  - Yale: nwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
  - Palladius: но (no)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nik¹
  - Yale: nīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: nig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: niăh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiaʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k
  - Tâi-lô: la̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lak
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: jio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹/

Note:

la̍k - "to grasp", "to rub in water";
lio̍k/jio̍k - "to tread on", "to rub and knead".

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠʌk̚/, /ɳˠwæk̚/

Rime
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	江 (10)	庚 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	女角切	女白切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠʌk̚/	/ɳˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚɔk̚/	/ɳʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɔk̚/	/nuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨwk̚/	/ɳwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/nɔk̚/	/nuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuò	nuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nok⁶	nak⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rneːwɢ/, /*rnaːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10950	10951
Phonetic component	弱	弱
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	搦	蹃
Old Chinese	/*rneːwɢ/	/*rnaːwɢ/

Definitions

搦

(Classical Chinese) to repress; to restrain
(literary or Cantonese, Min Nan) to grasp; to seize; to hold in the hand
alt. forms: 攊 (Cantonese)
搦起塊石／搦起块石 [Cantonese] ― nik¹ hei² faai³ sek⁶ [Jyutping] ― to pick up a rock
家姐幫我搦住個手袋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
家姐帮我搦住个手袋。 [Cantonese, simp.]
gaa¹ ze^2-1 bong¹ ngo⁵ nik¹ zyu⁶ go³ sau² doi^6-2. [Jyutping]
My elder sister is holding the handbag for me.
- 呢，你同我搦減啲嘢！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  呢，你同我搦减啲嘢！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1957, 謝賢 (actor), in 《鬼夜哭》 [The Nightly Cry of the Ghost], 5:17 from the start
  ne², nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ nik¹ gam² di¹ je⁵! [Jyutping]
  Hey, hold some of the stuff for me!
to challenge
to capture
(Min Nan) to rub in water
搦衫褲／搦衫裤 [Hokkien] ― la̍k saⁿ-khò͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― rub clothes in water for washing
(Min Nan) to rub and knead
(Min Nan) to tread on
搦塗糜／搦涂糜 [Hokkien] ― lio̍k thô͘-bôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― tread on mud

Synonyms

(Cantonese: to hold in the hand): (Mandarin) 提 (tí), 拿 (ná)

Dialectal synonyms of 拿 (“to take; to hold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取
Mandarin	Beijing	拿
	Taiwan	拿
	Jinan	拿
	Zhengzhou	拿, 搦
	Xi'an	拿
	Wuhan	拿
	Chengdu	拿
	Guilin	拿
	Yangzhou	拿
	Hefei	拿
	Malaysia	拿
	Singapore	拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong	攞, 拎, 搦
	Macau	拎
	Taishan	𢬿, 討
	Kaiping (Chikan)	討
	Yangjiang	捰, 拎, 摣
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	攞, 拎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	攞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	攞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攞
	Penang (Guangfu)	攞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	搦
	Móng Cái	攞
Gan	Nanchang	拿
Hakka	Meixian	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	提
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	提
	Sabah (Bao'an)	撿
	Kuching (Hepo)	撿, 拿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	搦
Huizhou	Jixi	擔
Jin	Taiyuan	荷, 拿
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拿, 㨮
Min Dong	Fuzhou	拈, 掏
Min Nan	Xiamen	提
	Quanzhou	提, 掗
	Jinjiang	提, 掗
	Zhangzhou	提
	Dongshan	攑
	Taipei	提, 挈 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	提
	Kaohsiung	提
	Yilan	提
	Changhua (Lukang)	提
	Taichung	提
	Tainan	提
	Hsinchu	提
	Kinmen	提, 捎
	Penghu (Magong)	提
	Penang (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Manila (Hokkien)	提, 掗
	Chaozhou	挈
	Shantou	挈
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	挈
	Jieyang	挈
	Singapore (Teochew)	挈, 攑
	Wenchang	把
	Haikou	把
	Qionghai	把
	Singapore (Hainanese)	挈
Wu	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	馱, 撈, 挈
	Wenzhou	朵, 抯, 揹
Xiang	Changsha	拿
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Compounds

捉搦歌
搐搐搦搦
搐搦

搦管
搦管操觚
搦翰

搦戰／搦战 (nuòzhàn)
摶搦／抟搦

Japanese

Kanji

搦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)
Kan-on: だく (daku)
Kun: からめる (karameru, 搦める); がらみ (garami, 搦み)

Vietnamese

Han character

搦: Hán Nôm readings: nạch

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References

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