# 搣

| 搣 | U+6423, &#25635; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6423 |
| ← 搢 [U+6422] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搤 → [U+6424] |

## Translingual
### Han character

搣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈竹火 (QIHF) or 難手戈竹火 (XQIHF), four-corner 5305$_0$, composition ⿰扌烕)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12495
* Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1930, character 9
* Unihan data for U+6423

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 滅 | *med |
| 搣 | *med |
| 烕 | *hmed |
| 戌 | *smid |
| 珬 | *smid |
| 銊 | *smid |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): miè (mie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mie$^1$ / mie$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mit$^1$ / mit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): met
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mêd$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mi / me
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$miq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miè
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miè
*** Wade–Giles: mieh$^4$
*** Yale: myè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mieh
*** Palladius: ме (me)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mie$^1$ / mie$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mie / mie
*** Sinological IPA : /miɛ⁵⁵/, /miɛ⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mit$^1$ / mit$^6$
*** Yale: mīt / miht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mit$^7$ / mit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mid$^1$ / mid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːt̚⁵/, /miːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: met
*** Hakka Romanization System: med$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: med$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /met̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mêd$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi
*** Tâi-lô: mi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: my
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: me
*** Tâi-lô: me
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mef
*** IPA (Taipei): /mẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$miq
*** MiniDict: mih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$miq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɪʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: mjiet
Rime :
| Character | 搣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 亡列切 |
| Baxter | mjiet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*med/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 搣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13943 |
| Phonetic component | 戌 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 滅 |
| Old Chinese | /*med/ |

### Definitions

搣
* to uproot
* to massage
* to snap one's fingers
* (Cantonese, Sichuanese) to break apart with the fingers
    搣開／搣开 [Cantonese] ― mit$^1$ hoi$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to tear open
    搣爛張紙／搣烂张纸 [Cantonese] ― mit$^1$ laan$^6$ zoeng$^1$ zi$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to tear apart a sheet of paper
* (Cantonese) to peel
    搣蘋果／搣苹果 [Cantonese] ― mit$^1$ ping$^4$ gwo$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to peel an apple
    搣皮 [Cantonese] ― mit$^1$ pei$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to peel one's layer of dead skin cells
* (Cantonese) to pinch with one's fingers
       keoi$^5$ jau$^6$ mit$^1$ ngo$^5$ pet$^1$ pet$^1$. [Jyutping]
       He has once again pinched my buttocks.
* (Cantonese) to scrap; to get rid of
* (Hakka) to do; to make
    搣衰人 [Sixian Hakka] ― met-sôi ngìn [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― to play tricks on someone
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to grab a handful with the hands
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for handfuls of something, such as grains, soil, etc..
* (Wu) to twist; to turn; to screw

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 撕, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 撕巴 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 撕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 撕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 搣 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 撕, 搣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 撕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 撕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 撕掐 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 撕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 撕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拆, 裂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拆, 剺, 裂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 裂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𠠏, 撕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 扯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 㧸 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 㧸 |

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01371
* “搣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Vietnamese
### Han character

搣: Hán Nôm readings: dạt, giạt
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#### References

* Nom Foundation