搲

搲

搲 U+6432, 搲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6432 ← 搱 [U+6431] CJK Unified Ideographs 搳 → [U+6433]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 攨

Han character

搲 (radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手十金人 (QJCO), composition ⿰扌窊)

1. to seize, to grasp

References

• KangXi: page 448, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12516
• Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1937, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6432

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		搲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): waa², we²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): va²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa², we²
    • Yale: wá, wé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa², we²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa², wé²
    • IPA ^(key): /wäː³⁵/, /wɛː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: va²
    • IPA ^(key): /va⁵⁵/

Definitions

搲

1. (Cantonese) to clutch; to grab
2. (Cantonese) to scratch

   搲痕 [Cantonese]  ―  waa² han⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch an itch

3. (Mandarin, slang) (of females) to masturbate (i.e. cucumber (瓜) in hole (穴), with hand (扌) nearby)

Synonyms

• (to scratch):

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔
Mandarin	Beijing	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
Min Nan	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Philippines (Manila)	扒
	Shantou	扒
Wu	Wenzhou	抓