# 抓

| 抓 | U+6293, &#25235; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6293 |
| ← 抒 [U+6292] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 抔 → [U+6294] |

## Translingual
### Han character

抓 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹中人 (QHLO) or 難手竹中人 (XQHLO), four-corner 5203$_0$, composition ⿰扌爪)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 421, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11885
* Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1839, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6293

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 抓 | *ʔsruː, *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs |
| 爪 | *ʔsruːʔ |
| 笊 | *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs |
| 找 | *ʔsruːʔ |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is /-ua/ irregular? How did it develop?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhuā (zhua$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zua$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau$^2$ / zaa$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cuá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): choa / jiàu / giàu / liàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zua$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsau; $^1$tsa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuā
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhua
*** Wade–Giles: chua$^1$
*** Yale: jwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jua
*** Palladius: чжуа (čžua)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zua$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zua
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sua⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaau$^2$ / zaa$^1$
*** Yale: jáau / jā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau$^2$ / dzaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zao$^2$ / za$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːu̯³⁵/, /t͡saː⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sua⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa
*** Tâi-lô: tsua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiàu
*** Tâi-lô: jiàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiaux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /d͡ziau¹¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziau²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giàu
*** Tâi-lô: giàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giaux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡiau¹¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liàu
*** Tâi-lô: liàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²¹/
*** IPA (Philippines): /liau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zua$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsua
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sua³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsau; $^1$tsa
*** MiniDict: tsau$^平$; tsa$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsau; $^1$tsa
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ⁵³/, /t͡sa⁵³/
* 1tsau - vernacular, "to scratch (an itch)";
* 1tsa - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit抓 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡suɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂua²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂua²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fa²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fa³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂua⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂua̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂɑ³¹/ /ʈ͡ʂuɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂua²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sua¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sua³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sa⁵³/ /t͡so⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sɑ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷɑ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡suɔ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sua³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡suːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕya³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕyɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sa⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sa⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sau³⁵/ /t͡sa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sua⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sua⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sua⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡suã³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sua²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsraew, tsraewX, tsraewH
Rime :
| Character | 抓 | 抓 | 抓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) | 莊 (18) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II | II |
| Fanqie | 側交切 | 側絞切 | 側敎切 |
| Baxter | tsraew | tsraewX | tsraewH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠau/ | /t͡ʃˠau$^X$/ | /t͡ʃˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚau/ | /ʈ͡ʂᵚau$^X$/ | /ʈ͡ʂᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃau/ | /t͡ʃau$^X$/ | /t͡ʃau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂaɨw/ | /ʈ͡ʂaɨw$^X$/ | /ʈ͡ʂaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃau/ | /t͡ʃau$^X$/ | /t͡ʃau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃau/ | /t͡ʃau$^X$/ | /t͡ʃau$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂau/ | /ʈ͡ʂau$^X$/ | /ʈ͡ʂau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhāo | zhǎo | zhào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaau$^1$ | zaau$^2$ | zaau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts](ˤ)ru/, /*tsˤ<r>uʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsruː/, /*ʔsruːʔ/, /*ʔsruːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 抓 | 抓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuā | zhuā |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsræw › | ‹ tsræw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts](ˁ)ru/ | /*tsˁ<r>uʔ/ |
| English | grasp | grasp |
| 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 | 抓 | 抓 | 抓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17657 | 17660 | 17662 |
| Phonetic component | 爪 | 爪 | 爪 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𦗔 | 爪 | 抓 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsruː/ | /*ʔsruːʔ/ | /*ʔsruːs/ |
| Notes | 見枚乘書，北音後混撾 | 見枚乘書 | |

### Definitions

抓
* to grab
* to scratch (with nails, claws, etc.)
* to be responsible for; to be in charge of
    狠抓產品質量／狠抓产品质量 ― hěn zhuā chǎnpǐn zhìliàng ― to strengthen quality control of products
* to attract (the attention of someone or something); to entice; to allure; to draw; to fascinate; to appeal to
* to catch; to capture
* to arrest

#### Synonyms

* (to grab): (colloquial) 抄 (chāo)
* (to scratch):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 搔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 搔, 撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 搔, 抓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𢯎, 搲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𢯎, 搲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 搲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢯎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 搲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 爪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 爪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 爪 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 爪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 爪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 扒 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 嬈, 扒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 抓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 抓 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 抓 |
* (to be responsible for): 主管 (zhǔguǎn)
* (to attract):
* 勾
* 吸 (xī)
* 吸引 (xīyǐn)
* 招引 (zhāoyǐn)
* 誘惑／诱惑 (yòuhuò)
* 逗 (dòu)
* (to catch):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 捉, 抓, 捕, 捕捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 抓, 捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 捉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 捉, 抓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 捉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 捉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 掠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 捉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 捉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 抲 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 抲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 抲 |
* (to arrest):
* 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
* 俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
* 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
* 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
* 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
* 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
* 捉 (zhuō)
* 捉拿 (zhuōná)
* 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
* 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
* 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
* 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
* 擒拿 (qínná)
* 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
* 攝／摄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 查獲／查获 (cháhuò)
* 緝拿／缉拿 (jīná)
* 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
* 緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
* 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
* 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
* 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
* 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
* 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
* 追拿 (zhuīná)
* 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
* 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
* 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
* 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
* 逮捕
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 逮, 抓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 捉, 抓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 捉, 抓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拉, 錔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 緝掠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 網, 網董 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 掠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 捕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 揢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拔 |

### Compounds

* 一把抓 (yībǎzhuā)
* 抓一把
* 抓乖
* 抓乖賣俏／抓乖卖俏
* 抓住 (zhuāzhù)
* 抓哏
* 抓大頭／抓大头
* 抓子兒／抓子儿
* 抓尋／抓寻
* 抓尖兒／抓尖儿
* 抓尖要強／抓尖要强
* 抓工夫
* 抓弄
* 抓彩
* 抓抓掗掗／抓抓挜挜
* 抓抓撓撓／抓抓挠挠
* 抓撓／抓挠 (zhuānao)
* 抓撓兒／抓挠儿
* 抓權／抓权
* 抓牢
* 抓狂 (zhuākuáng)
* 抓癢／抓痒 (zhuāyǎng)
* 抓瞎 (zhuāxiā)
* 抓破臉兒／抓破脸儿
* 抓碴兒／抓碴儿
* 抓緊／抓紧 (zhuājǐn)
* 抓耳搔腮
* 抓耳撓腮／抓耳挠腮
* 抓膘
* 抓舉／抓举 (zhuājǔ)
* 抓著癢處／抓著痒处
* 抓藥／抓药 (zhuāyào)
* 抓角兒／抓角儿
* 抓辮子／抓辫子 (zhuābiànzi)
* 抓週／抓周 (zhuāzhōu)
* 抓頭挖耳／抓头挖耳
* 抓髻
* 抓鬮／抓阄 (zhuājiū)
* 拐抓
* 搔耳抓腮
* 搔首抓耳
* 照方兒抓／照方儿抓
* 瞎抓 (xiāzhuā)
* 隔靴抓癢／隔靴抓痒
* 飛抓／飞抓
* 鷹抓燕雀／鹰抓燕雀

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: つまむ (tsumamu, 抓む)、つねる (tsuneru, 抓る)

## Korean
### Hanja

抓 • (jo) (hangeul 조)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

抓: Hán Nôm readings: co, trảo
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