抓 · zhuā
scratch; clutch, seize, grab
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
scratch; clutch, seize, grab
- Mandarin
- zhuā
- Cantonese
- zaau2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 抓 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
Go deeperNaver Hanja ↗Wiktionary ↗
Go deeperHán Việt (Thi Viện) ↗Wiktionary ↗
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+6293
- Radical
- 手 · 64
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 抓
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 爪 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 爪聲
Line 12038 · ⿰扌爪 · 爪聲
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
Sentence context · 1 matches
我不但吃了抓饭，而且还吃了烤肉串。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #401946 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: FeuDRenais, GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #401943 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- tsraew · 側交 反切 · #698
- Middle Chinese
- tsraewX · 側絞 反切 · #1705
- Middle Chinese
- tsraewH · 側敎 反切 · #2800
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 5655 · tsraew = 效開二平肴莊 · tsraewX = 效開二上肴莊 · tsraewH = 效開二去肴莊
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- zhuā
- kCantonese
- zaau2
- kDefinition
- scratch; clutch, seize, grab
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 64.4
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:633
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- zhuā 31839.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- zhuā 1516.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- zhuā 486.070
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- zhuā(403)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- zhuā粵zaa1,zaau2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 側交 側絞 側敎
- Kangxi positions
- 0421.110
- Guangyun positions
- 154.05 300.28 416.38
- GSR references
- 1111c
- Cangjie
- QHLO
- Four-corner
- 5203.0