攫

攫 · jué

snatch away, seize; catch with

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jué
Cantonese
fok3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

snatch away, seize; catch with

Dictionary definitions & readings

攫 jué · to seize; to snatch; to grab

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31991.100:jué Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0618.210:jué Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
189.150:jué Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jué粵fok3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カク ケキ キャク ワク キョク コク つかむ さらう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
확:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
居縛 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QBUE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5604.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0465.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
504.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0778b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+652B
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
23
Residual strokes
20
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6479

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

23 strokes
攫
Strokes
23
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

23 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kjwak · 居縛 · 宕合三入陽見 · #3560

PHONO-ML, source line 18404; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
598.208
kDaeJaweon
0813.260
kGSR
0778b
kHanYu
31991.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
0813.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31991.100
kIRGKangXi
0465.030
kKangXi
0465.030
kKarlgren
481
kMatthews
1705
kMeyerWempe
523c
kMorohashi
13043
kNelson
2036
kSBGY
504.01
kSMSZD2003Index
273.12
kCangjie
QBUE
kFourCornerCode
5604.7
kHKGlyph
1697
kMojiJoho
MJ012935
kPhonetic
372
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-3E70
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5CC
kIRG_JSource
J0-5A3C
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F6C1
kIRG_KSource
K0-7C2B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C38
kRSUnicode
64.20
kTotalStrokes
23
kBigFive
C5CC
kCCCII
214239
kCNS1986
1-7C38
kCNS1992
1-7C38
kEACC
214239
kGB0
3080
kGB1
3080
kJis0
5828
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2384
kTGH
2013:6479
kTaiwanTelegraph
2384
kXerox
267:275
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5057+64.3.20
kCantonese
fok3
kDefinition
snatch away, seize; catch with
kFanqie
居縛
kHangul
확:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31991.100:jué
kJapanese
カク ケキ キャク ワク キョク コク つかむ さらう
kJapaneseKun
TSUKAMU
kJapaneseOn
KAKU
kKorean
HWAK
kMandarin
jué
kSMSZD2003Readings
jué粵fok3
kTGHZ2013
189.150:jué
kXHC1983
0618.210:jué

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 攫0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
扌 beside 矍 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰扌矍$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰扌矍$(GHTJKP)

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