摔

摔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手卜戈十 (QYIJ), four-corner 5004₃, composition ⿰扌率)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 449, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12577
• Dae Jaweon: page 800, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1949, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6454

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 率.

摔

1. to stumble; to lose one's balance; to fall

   摔了一跤  ―  shuāi le yī jiāo  ―  to have had a fall

   對眠床摔落塗跤 [Hokkien, trad.]
   对眠床摔落涂跤 [Hokkien, simp.]

   tùi bîn-chhn̂g siak lo̍h thô͘-kha [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to fall to the ground from the bed

2. to plunge; to fall

   他從馬背上摔了下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   他从马背上摔了下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā cóng mǎbèi shàng shuāi le xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   He fell off a horse.

   飛機摔了下來。／飞机摔了下来。  ―  Fēijī shuāi le xiàlái.  ―  The airplane plunged.

3. to cause to fall and break

   我不小心把杯子摔了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn bǎ bēizi shuāi le. [Pinyin]

   I broke the cup accidentally.

   提好，毋通摔破。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   The̍h hó, m̄-thang siak phòa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Hold it well, don't drop and break it.

4. to fling; to cast; to throw

   把帽子往桌子上一摔 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   bǎ màozi wǎng zhuōzi shàng yī shuāi [Pinyin]

   to throw one's cap onto the table

5. to beat; to knock; to thresh (to remove anything attached)

   把鞋底的泥摔摔  ―  bǎ xiédǐ de ní shuāi shuāi  ―  to beat the mud off the bottom of one's shoes

   摔麥仔／摔麦仔 [Hokkien]  ―  sut be̍h-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to thresh wheat

6. (Hokkien) to eat quickly

   小妹都猶未食半喙咧，你就摔了了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   小妹都犹未食半喙咧，你就摔了了。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Sió-mōe to iáu-bōe chia̍h pòaⁿ chhùi--leh, lí tō sut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   My sister hasn't even taken a bite yet, and you've gorged it all up.

7. (Hokkien) to whip; to flog (with a whip, rod, etc.)

   伊予警察摔甲流血流滴。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   I hō͘ kéng-chhat sut kah lâu-hoeh-lâu-tih. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He was whipped by the police until he was bleeding.

8. (Hokkien) whip; whisk

   蠓摔 [Hokkien]  ―  báng-sut [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  fly-whisk

9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to glance quickly

   摔目 [Hokkien]  ―  sut-ba̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to quickly glance at someone

10. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to quickly shoot

    摔短銃／摔短铳 [Hokkien]  ―  sut té-chhèng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to quickly shoot a pistol

• (to fall):

• (to fling):

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to siak above?”)

摔

1. (Hokkien) to throw down forcefully on the ground

   矸仔摔落塗跤，就去了了矣。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   矸仔摔落涂跤，就去了了矣。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Kan-á siàng lo̍h thô͘-kha, tō khì-liáu-liáu ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   If the bottle is thrown down forcefully on the ground, then it's done for.

• “摔”, 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–
• “摔”, 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.
• “摔”, 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.
• “摔”, 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.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): しゅつ (shutsu)、しゅち (shuchi)、そつ (sotsu)

摔: Hán Nôm readings: suất, suốt

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