搦

See also: 挧

搦 U+6426, 搦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6426 ← 搥 [U+6425] CJK Unified Ideographs 搧 → [U+6427]

Translingual

Han character

搦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手弓一一 (QNMM), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌弱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12500
• Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1938, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6426

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	*njewɢ, *neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	*rneːwɢ, *rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Etymology 1

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuò (nuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik¹ / nok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuò
    • Wade–Giles: no⁴
    • Yale: nwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
    • Palladius: но (no)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nik¹ / nok⁶
    • Yale: nīk / nohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁷ / nok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig¹ / nog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚⁵/, /nɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nraewk, nrwaek

Rime
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	女角切	女白切
Baxter	nraewk	nrwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠʌk̚/	/ɳˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚɔk̚/	/ɳʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɔk̚/	/nuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨwk̚/	/ɳwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/nɔk̚/	/nuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɔk̚/	/nwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuò	nuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nok6	nak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rneːwɢ/, /*rnaːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搦	搦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10950	10951
Phonetic component	弱	弱
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	搦	蹃
Old Chinese	/*rneːwɢ/	/*rnaːwɢ/

Definitions

搦

1. (literary) to repress; to restrain
2. (literary) to grasp; to hold in the hand
3. (literary) to capture
4. to challenge

   搦戰／搦战  ―  nuòzhàn  ―  to challenge to battle

Compounds

• 捉搦歌
• 搦戰 / 搦战 (nuòzhàn)
• 搐搦
• 搐搐搦搦
• 搦管
• 搦管操觚
• 搦翰
• 摶搦 / 抟搦

Etymology 2

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦
alternative forms		攊

Nasal-stop alternant of 拎 (ning1) (Kwok et al., 2008).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nik¹
    • Yale: nīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

搦

1. (Cantonese) to hold in the hand

   搦起塊石／搦起块石 [Cantonese]  ―  nik¹ hei² faai³ sek⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to pick up a rock

   家姐幫我搦住個手袋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   家姐帮我搦住个手袋。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaa¹ ze^2-1 bong¹ ngo⁵ nik¹ zyu⁶ go³ sau² doi^6-2. [Jyutping]

   My elder sister is holding the handbag for me.

   • 1957, 5:17 from the start, in 鬼夜哭 [The Nightly Cry of the Ghost]‎, 謝賢 (actor):

     呢，你同我搦減啲嘢！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     呢，你同我搦减啲嘢！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     ne², nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ nik¹ gam² di¹ je⁵! [Jyutping]

     Hey, hold some of the stuff for me!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拿 (“to take; to hold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拿
	Taiwan	拿
	Malaysia	拿
	Singapore	拿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拿
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	拿, 搦
	Xi'an	拿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拿
	Wuhan	拿
	Guilin	拿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拿
	Hefei	拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	㧡
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	㧡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	㧡
	Macau	拎
	Taishan	𢬿, 討
	Kaiping (Chikan)	討
	Yangjiang	捰, 拎, 摣
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	攞, 拎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	攞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	攞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攞
	Penang (Guangfu)	攞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	搦
	Móng Cái	攞
Gan	Nanchang	拿
Hakka	Meixian	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	提
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	提
	Hong Kong	拿
	Sabah (Bao'an)	撿
	Kuching (Hepo)	撿, 拿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	搦
Huizhou	Jixi	擔
Jin	Taiyuan	荷, 拿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿, 㨮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拈, 掏
Southern Min	Xiamen	提
	Quanzhou	提, 掗
	Jinjiang	提, 掗
	Zhangzhou	提
	Dongshan	攑
	Taipei	提, 挈 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	提
	Kaohsiung	提
	Yilan	提
	Changhua (Lukang)	提
	Taichung	提
	Tainan	提
	Hsinchu	提
	Kinmen	提, 捎
	Penghu (Magong)	提
	Penang (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Manila (Hokkien)	提, 掗
	Chaozhou	挈
	Shantou	挈
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	挈
	Jieyang	挈
	Singapore (Teochew)	挈, 攑
	Wenchang	把
	Haikou	把
	Qionghai	把
	Singapore (Hainanese)	挈
Wu	Shanghai	拿
	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	馱, 撈, 挈
	Wenzhou	朵, 抯, 揹
Xiang	Changsha	拿
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Etymology 3

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦
alternative forms		拿 Eastern Min

Cognate with Hokkien 掠 (lia̍h).

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): niăh^→niĕh
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): diah⁷ / liah⁷

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niăh^→niĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡieʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: diah⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiæʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: liah⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ⁴/

Definitions

搦

1. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) to seize; to catch

Etymology 4

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦
alternative forms		搙 六 𫼚 𤔨 𢾲 搙 六 𫼚 𤔨 𢾲 掠

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴/

Definitions

搦

1. (Hokkien) to grasp; to hold
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to rub in water

   搦衫褲／搦衫裤 [Hokkien]  ―  la̍k saⁿ-khò͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  rub clothes in water for washing

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to clean; to cleanse; to wash; to tidy up
4. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for handfuls of something, such as grains, sand, soil.

Compounds

• 扭搦
• 搦屎搦尿
• 搝搝搦搦
• 搦權 / 搦权
• 歹扭搦

Etymology 5

trad.		搦
simp. #		搦
alternative forms		搙 揑 搮

Possibly related to 浞 (chhio̍k).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k / jio̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/

Definitions

搦

1. (Hokkien) to rub and knead (with five fingers togethers)
2. (Hokkien) to tread on; to step on; to trample on

   搦塗糜／搦涂糜 [Hokkien]  ―  lio̍k thô͘-bê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  tread on mud

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “搦”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “1939 抓 (～壮丁)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 搦

搦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)^{←にやく (nyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: だく (daku)
• Kan’yō-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←ぢやく (dyaku, historical)}
• Kun: からめる (karameru, 搦める)、からむ (karamu, 搦む)、がらみ (garami, 搦み)

Vietnamese

Han character

搦: Hán Nôm readings: nạch

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References

• Nom Foundation