揣

揣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手山一月 (QUMB), four-corner 5202₇, composition ⿰扌耑)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12371
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1917, character 6
• Unihan data for U+63E3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).

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揣

1. to speculate; to guess
2. to measure; to estimate; to assess
3. to try; to attempt
4. to hold; to grab
5. a surname

揣

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Eastern Min) to look for; to seek
   • 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 36:

     我次次來到覔爾不在 Uá tsūa-tsūa lâi-kàu tshūe lṳ́ m̄-tõ

     我匝匝來到揣汝唔在 [Teochew, trad.]
     我匝匝来到揣汝唔在 [Teochew, simp.]

     ua² zua⁷ zua⁷ lai⁵ gao³ cuê⁷ le² m⁶ do⁶ [Peng'im]

     On every occasion of my coming, I could not find you.

• The Hokkien term is usually used to look for something known that is lost, meanwhile Hokkien 覓 / 觅 (bā, “to search for; to hunt for; to seek”) is sometimes used for usually searching or making inquiries about what is not known, as per Douglas (1873).

揣

1. (Hakka) to guess

揣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure, to estimate
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shake, to rock

揣

1. only used in 囊揣 (nāngchuài) and 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài)

揣

1. to hide or carry something in clothes
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be pregnant
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to impose onto someone

揣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to strike

揣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure

揣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 團 / 团 (tuán, “assembled; gathered”)

• Chinese Linguipedia (中華語文知識庫): chuǎi, chuài/chuǎi, chuāi/chuǎi
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01623
• “Entry #15688”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• “揣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “揣”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “揣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 周长楫 [Zhōu, Chángjí], editor (2006), “揣”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN.
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bā”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 8
• 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), “𢶀”, 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 119.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kan’yō-on: し (shi)
• On: たん (tan)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揣る)、さだめる (sadameru, 揣める)

揣 • (chwi, ta) (hangeul 취, 타)

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揣: Hán Nôm readings: súy/suý, sủy/suỷ

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