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U+6390, 掐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6390

[U+638F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6391]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 64, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手弓竹難 (QNHX), four-corner 57077, composition )

  1. hold
  2. gather with hand
  3. choke

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1902, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6390

Chinese

More information simp. and trad. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 掐, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰroːb): semantic (hand) + phonetic (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms).

It may alternatively be interpreted as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (hand) + (hole).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • khiap - vernacular;
  • khap - literary.

More information Rime, Character ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. to pinch
  2. to strangle
       qiā sǐ nǐ   strangle you to death
  3. to put out (a cigarette)
  4. to cut out (a video recording, so it will not be published, usually when shooting a movie or TV program)

Compounds

  • 促掐
  • 半掐
  • 掐住
  • 掐尖兒 / 掐尖儿
  • 掐尖子
  • 掐尖落鈔 / 掐尖落钞
  • 掐巴
  • 掐指一算
  • 掄掄掐掐 / 抡抡掐掐
  • 掐算
  • 掐脖子
  • 掐訣 / 掐诀
  • 掐頭去尾 / 掐头去尾
  • 掐鼻皺眉 / 掐鼻皱眉

Descendants

  • Khmer: កៀប (kiəp) (via Hokkien khiap)
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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう ()きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: つまむ (tsumamu)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: kháp, khắp

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References

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