撮

See also: 攝 and 熶

撮	U+64AE, 撮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AE

← 播
[U+64AD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

撯 →
[U+64AF]

Translingual

Han character

撮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手日尸水 (QASE), four-corner 5604₇, composition ⿰扌最)

Derived characters

𪢚, 𢤎

References

KangXi: page 456, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12748
Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1957, character 2
Unihan data for U+64AE

Chinese

trad.		撮
simp. ^#		撮
alternative forms		熶𢲻𤑧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 撮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
陬	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	ʔsloː, sʰloːʔ, sloːʔ, ʔsru
掫	ʔsloː, ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	ʔsloː, ʔsru, *slos
趣	sʰloːʔ, sʰlos
取	sʰloːʔ, sʰloʔ
鯫	zloː, zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	rlu, rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	ʔsru, zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	ʔsru, sʰroːɡ
菆	ʔsru, sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	sʰoːds, sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	sʰloʔ, sʰlos, *slo
聚	zloʔ, zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	ʔsoːd, sʰoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 最 (OC *zloːds).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuō, cuò
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chep / chhot
Min Dong (BUC): cháuk / chŏk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): choat / chhoat / chhok
(Teochew, Peng'im): cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴ / coh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹
  - Yale: tswō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
  - Palladius: цо (co)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
  - Yale: tswò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
  - Palladius: цо (co)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyut³
  - Yale: chyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chep / chhot
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeb` / cod`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeb⁵ / cod⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sep̚²/, /t͡sʰot̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cháuk / chŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑuʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/

Note:

cháuk - general use;
chŏk - classifier, scoop a small amount.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat / chhoat / chhok
  - Tâi-lô: tsuat / tshuat / tshok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoad, zhoad, zhog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵/, /t͡sʰuat̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/

Note:

choat/chhoat - literary;
chhok - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴ / coh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuak / tshuek / tshoh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/, /t͡sʰoʔ²/

Note:

cuag4/cuêg4 - literary (cuêg4 - Chaozhou);
coh4 - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /t͡suɑt̚/, /t͡sʰuɑt̚/

Rime
Character	撮	撮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	子括切	倉括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷɑt̚/	/t͡sʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swat̚/	/t͡sʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑt̚/	/t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuo	cuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut³	cyut³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤot/
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːd/, /*sʰoːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	撮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuō
Middle Chinese	‹ tshwat ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁot/
English	pinch; a pinch
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	撮	撮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10671	10672
Phonetic component	取	取
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	繓	撮
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoːd/	/*sʰoːd/

Definitions

撮

to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
to bring together (e.g. a couple)
to extract; to summarise
to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
(dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
一撮鹽／一撮盐 ― yī cuō yán ― a pinch of salt
一撮人 ― yī cuō rén ― a handful of people
(Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group
一撮人 [Teochew] ― zêg⁸ choh⁴ nang⁵ [Peng'im] ― some people; a bunch of people

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Mandarin	Taiwan	些
Mandarin	Singapore	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲
Hakka	Meixian	兜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兜
Min Nan	Xiamen	寡
	Zhangzhou	寡
	Tainan	寡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	寡
	Manila (Hokkien)	寡
	Shantou	撮
	Jieyang	撮
	Singapore (Teochew)	撮
Wu	Wenzhou	厘兒

Compounds

扯撮
抄撮
撮合 (cuōhé)

收撮
搊撮／𫼝撮

撮親／撮亲
開齊合撮／开齐合撮

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒ, cuò (zuo³, cuo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut³
Min Dong (BUC): chŏk

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tso³
  - Yale: dzwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒr
  - Wade–Giles: tsorh³
  - Yale: dzwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuool
  - Palladius: цзор (czor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔɻ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
  - Yale: tswò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
  - Palladius: цо (co)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyut³
  - Yale: chyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːt̚³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/

Definitions

撮

Classifier for tufts of hair.

Japanese

Kanji

撮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

snapshot
to take a photo; to record a video

Readings

Go-on: さち (sachi)
Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
On: さい (sai)
Kun: とる (toru, 撮る, Jōyō); つまむ (tsumamu, 撮む); つまみ (tsumami)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
撮
さつ Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC t͡sʰuɑt̚, “to grab with three fingers”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

IPA^(key): [sa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Derived terms

Terms derived from 撮(さつ) (satsu):

撮像(さつぞう) (satsuzō): to take an image; imaging
撮影(さつえい) (satsuei): filming; photography

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC t͡sʰuɑt̚).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 촤ᇙ〮 (Yale: chwálq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 찰 (chal) (Yale: chal) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰwa̠ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [촬]

Hanja

Wikisource撮 (eumhun 모을 촬 (mo'eul chwal))

Hanja form^? of 촬 (“to take a photo; to record a video”).

Compounds

촬영 (撮影, chwaryeong)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

撮: Hán Việt readings: toát
撮: Nôm readings: toát, tòi, duỗi

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