攫

攫	U+652B, 攫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652B

← 攪
[U+652A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

攬 →
[U+652C]

Translingual

Han character

攫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 手月山水 (QBUE), four-corner 5604₇, composition ⿰扌矍)

snatch away, seize
catch with

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 465, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13043
Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1991, character 10
Unihan data for U+652B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		攫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
钁	*kʷaɡ
攫	*kʷaɡ
矍	*kʷaɡ
躩	kʷaɡ, kʰʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ
玃	*kʷaɡ
貜	kʷaɡ, ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ
彏	kʷaɡ, qʰʷaɡ
戄	ɡʷaɡ, ɡʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
籰	*ɢʷaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 矍 (OC *kʷaɡ).

Etymology

Cognate to Tibetan འགོག ('gog, “to take away”) (Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kʷak (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué (jue²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³ / gwok³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciuq; ⁷cioq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²
  - Yale: jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fok³ / gwok³
  - Yale: fok / gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸ / gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fog³ / guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³/, /kʷɔːk̚³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷ciuq; ⁷cioq
  - MiniDict: ciuih^入; cioh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jyq; ⁴jioq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕioʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kjwak

Rime
Character	攫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	藥 (108)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居縛切
Baxter	kjwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuak̚/
Li Rong	/kiuak̚/
Wang Li	/kĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷ(r)ak/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	攫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwak ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷ(r)ak/
English	seize
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	攫
Reading #	1/1
No.	7264
Phonetic component	矍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	玃
Old Chinese	/*kʷaɡ/

Definitions

攫

(of animals) to grab using claws
to grab; to snatch; to seize

Compounds

拏雲攫石 / 拿云攫石
攫住
攫取 (juéqǔ)
攫奪 / 攫夺 (juéduó)
攫戾執猛 / 攫戾执猛
攫食
齊人攫金 / 齐人攫金

Japanese

Kanji

攫

(Hyōgai kanji)

abduct

Readings

Go-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
Kan-on: きゃく (kyaku)^{←きやく (kyaku, historical)}^{←くゐやく (kwiyaku, ancient)}
Kun: さらう (sarau, 攫う)^{←さらふ (sarafu, 攫ふ, historical)}、つかむ (tsukamu, 攫む)

Compounds

攫取(かくしゅ) (kakushu)
一攫(いっかく)千金(せんきん) (ikkakusenkin)
鰻(ウナギ)攫(ツカミ) (unagitsukami)
鯉(こい)攫(つかみ) (koitsukami)

Korean

Hanja

攫 (eum 확 (hwak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

攫: Hán Nôm readings: quắc

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References

Nom Foundation