抓

抓	U+6293, 抓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6293

← 抒
[U+6292]

CJK Unified Ideographs

抔 →
[U+6294]

Translingual

Han character

抓 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO) or X手竹中人 (XQHLO), four-corner 5203₀, composition ⿰扌爪)

References

KangXi: page 421, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11885

Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1839, character 1

Unihan data for U+6293

Chinese

trad.		抓
simp. ^#		抓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
抓	ʔsruː, ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs
爪	*ʔsruːʔ
笊	ʔsruːʔ, ʔsruːs
找	*ʔsruːʔ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is /-ua/ irregular? How did it develop?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuā (zhua¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, SP): zua¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau², zaa¹
Min Bei (KCR): cuá
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): choa / jiàu / giàu / liàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zua¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹tsau; ¹tsa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhua
  - Wade–Giles: chua¹
  - Yale: jwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jua
  - Palladius: чжуа (čžua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau², zaa¹
  - Yale: jáau, jā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau², dzaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao², za¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵/, /t͡saː⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua⁵⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa
  - Tâi-lô: tsua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiàu
  - Tâi-lô: jiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiaux
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiau²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑiau¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giàu
  - Tâi-lô: giàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giaux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiau¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liàu
  - Tâi-lô: liàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²¹/
  - IPA (Philippines): /liau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zua¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹tsau; ¹tsa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁵³/, /t͡sa̱⁵³/

Note:

1tsau - vernacular, "to scratch (an itch)";
1tsa - literary.

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 抓
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂua⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡suɑ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂua²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fa²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fa³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sua⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sua⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sua⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂua̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂɑ³¹/ /ʈ͡ʂuɑ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂua²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sua¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡suɑ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sua³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sa⁵³/ /t͡so⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sɑ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷɑ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡suɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sua³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡suːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕya³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyɒ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɑ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sa⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sa⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sa⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sau³⁵/ /t͡sa⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sua⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sua⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sua⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡suã³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sua²³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃˠau/, /t͡ʃˠauX/, /t͡ʃˠauH/

Rime
Character	抓	抓	抓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	莊 (18)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	II
Fanqie	側交切	側絞切	側敎切
Baxter	tsraew	tsraewX	tsraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠau/	/t͡ʃˠau^X/	/t͡ʃˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚau/	/ʈ͡ʂᵚau^X/	/ʈ͡ʂᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃau/	/t͡ʃau^X/	/t͡ʃau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨw/	/ʈ͡ʂaɨw^X/	/ʈ͡ʂaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃau/	/t͡ʃau^X/	/t͡ʃau^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃau/	/t͡ʃau^X/	/t͡ʃau^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂau/	/ʈ͡ʂau^X/	/ʈ͡ʂau^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	zhǎo	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaau¹	zaau²	zaau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts](ˤ)ru/, /*tsˤ<r>uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsruː/, /*ʔsruːʔ/, /*ʔsruːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	抓	抓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuā	zhuā
Middle Chinese	‹ tsræw ›	‹ tsræw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts](ˁ)ru/	/*tsˁ<r>uʔ/
English	grasp	grasp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抓	抓	抓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17657	17660	17662
Phonetic component	爪	爪	爪
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𦗔	爪	抓
Old Chinese	/*ʔsruː/	/*ʔsruːʔ/	/*ʔsruːs/
Notes	見枚乘書，北音後混撾	見枚乘書

Definitions

抓

to grab
to scratch (with nails, claws, etc.)
to be responsible for; to be in charge of
狠抓產品質量／狠抓产品质量 ― hěn zhuā chǎnpǐn zhìliàng ― to strengthen quality control of products
to attract (the attention of someone or something); to entice; to allure; to draw; to fascinate; to appeal to
to catch; to capture
to arrest

Synonyms

(to grab): (colloquial) 抄 (chāo)
(to scratch):

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		搔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔, 撓
Mandarin	Taiwan	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
Hakka	Meixian	搲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爪
Min Dong	Fuzhou	扒
Min Nan	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Tainan	扒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	扒
	Manila (Hokkien)	扒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	扒
Wu	Shanghai	抓
	Suzhou	抓
	Wenzhou	抓

(to be responsible for): 主管 (zhǔguǎn)
(to attract):

edit

勾 (gōu)
吸 (xī)

吸引 (xīyǐn)
招引 (zhāoyǐn)

誘惑／诱惑 (yòuhuò)

(to catch):

Dialectal synonyms of 捉 (“to catch; to capture”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉, 抓, 捕, 捕捉
Mandarin	Taiwan	抓, 捉
	Malaysia	捉
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉
	Hong Kong	捉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	捉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	捉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉
Min Nan	Xiamen	掠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	掠
	Quanzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	掠
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Chaozhou	掠
	Raoping	掠
	Shantou	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
	Wenchang	掠
	Qionghai	掠
Wu	Shanghai	捉

(to arrest):

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Synonyms of 抓

囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
拘捕 (jūbǔ)
捉 (zhuō)
捉拿 (zhuōná)
捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
搜捕 (sōubǔ)
擒拿 (qínná)
被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)

追拿 (zhuīná)
追捕 (zhuībǔ)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
逮捕 (dàibǔ)
俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
攝／摄 (shè) (literary, or in compounds)

查獲／查获 (cháhuò)
緝拿／缉拿 (jīná)
緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)

Dialectal synonyms of 逮捕 (“to arrest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿
Mandarin	Beijing	逮, 抓
	Taiwan	捉, 抓
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拉
	Hong Kong	拉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	拉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
Min Nan	Xiamen	緝掠
	Quanzhou	網, 網董
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
Wu	Ningbo	揢
Wu	Wenzhou	拔

Compounds

一把抓 (yībǎzhuā)
抓一把
抓乖
抓住 (zhuāzhù)
抓哏
抓工夫
抓弄
抓彩
抓牢
抓狂 (zhuākuáng)
抓瞎
抓耳搔腮
抓膘
抓髻
拐抓
搔耳抓腮

搔首抓耳
瞎抓 (xiāzhuā)
抓乖賣俏／抓乖卖俏
抓大頭／抓大头
抓子兒／抓子儿
抓尋／抓寻
抓尖兒／抓尖儿
抓尖要強／抓尖要强
抓抓掗掗／抓抓挜挜
抓抓撓撓／抓抓挠挠
抓撓／抓挠 (zhuānao)
抓撓兒／抓挠儿
抓權／抓权
抓癢／抓痒 (zhuāyǎng)
抓破臉兒／抓破脸儿

抓碴兒／抓碴儿
抓緊／抓紧 (zhuājǐn)
抓耳撓腮／抓耳挠腮
抓舉／抓举 (zhuājǔ)
抓著癢處／抓著痒处
抓藥／抓药 (zhuāyào)
抓角兒／抓角儿
抓辮子／抓辫子 (zhuābiànzi)
抓週／抓周 (zhuāzhōu)
抓頭挖耳／抓头挖耳
抓鬮／抓阄 (zhuājiū)
照方兒抓／照方儿抓
隔靴抓癢／隔靴抓痒
飛抓／飞抓
鷹抓燕雀／鹰抓燕雀

Japanese

Kanji

抓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: つまむ (tsumamu, 抓む); つねる (tsuneru, 抓る)

Korean

Hanja

抓 • (jo) (hangeul 조)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抓: Hán Nôm readings: co, trảo

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