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U+64AE, 撮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AE

[U+64AD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+64AF]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𪢚, 𢤎

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

More information trad., simp. # ...

Glyph origin

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

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

Etymology

Compare perhaps Burmese ဆွတ် (hcwat, to pluck) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1


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

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

Definitions

  1. to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
  2. to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
  3. to bring together (e.g. a couple)
  4. to extract; to summarise
  5. to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
  6. (dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
  7. (Hakka) to cheat; to deceive; to hoax
    Alternative form:
    [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
    [Meixian Hakka, simp.]
    Gi2 bun1 ngin2 cod5 zêu3 ê2 liong3 bag5 kuai4 qiên2. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
    He was cheated out of 200 yuan.
  8. Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
       cuō yán   a pinch of salt
       cuō rén   a handful of people
  9. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pass on; to transfer
  10. (Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group
    [Teochew]   zêg8 coh4 nang5 [Peng'im]   some people; a bunch of people
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 抄撮
  • 扯撮
  • 搊撮 / 𫼝撮
  • 撮合 (cuōhé)
  • 撮親 / 撮亲
  • 收撮
  • 開齊合撮 / 开齐合撮

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Classifier for tufts of hair.
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