拃

拃	U+62C3, 拃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C3

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[U+62C2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

拄 →
[U+62C4]

Translingual

Han character

拃 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人尸 (QOS), composition ⿰扌乍)

grope, press, span

Derived characters

𮅖, 𢜉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11938
Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1853, character 6
Unihan data for U+62C3

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
作	ʔsaːɡs, ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	ʔsraːʔ, zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	ʔsraːɡs, zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	ʔsraːɡs, zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	ʔr'aːɡs, zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	sʰaːɡs, zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	zaːɡs, zaːɡ
秨	zaːɡs, zaːɡ
迮	ʔsaːɡ, ʔsraːɡ
柞	ʔsaːɡ, zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	zaːɡ, zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	zaːɡ, zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	ʔr'aːɡ, ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		拃
alternative forms		扠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎ (zha³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
  - Wade–Giles: cha³
  - Yale: jǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
  - Palladius: чжа (čža)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaa³
  - Yale: ja
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: za³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/

Definitions

拃

to measure by handspans; to span
Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger or little finger: span

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaa⁶
  - Yale: jah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: za⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː²²/

Definitions

拃

(Cantonese) Classifier for handfuls of something.
一拃沙 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ zaa⁶ saa¹ [Jyutping] ― a handful of sand
(Cantonese) Classifier for people or objects: bunch; group
一拃人 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ zaa⁶ jan⁴ [Jyutping] ― a group of people

我去執吓房裡便嗰拃嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我去执吓房里便嗰拃嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ heoi³ zap¹ haa⁵ fong^4-2 leoi⁵ bin⁶ go² zaa⁶ je⁵. [Jyutping]
I will tidy up the [bunch of] things in the room.

Compounds

跌落地揦返拃沙

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaa⁶
  - Yale: jah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: za⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː²²/

Definitions

拃

(Cantonese) to block; to obstruct

Compounds

掗拃 / 挜拃

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		拃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chan³
  - Yale: jǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
  - Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsraenX

Rime
Character	拃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側板切
Baxter	tsraenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠan^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚan^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨn^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃan^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃan^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂan^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拃
Reading #	1/1
No.	16652
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	䩆
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːnʔ/

Definitions

拃

(obsolete) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)