# 摳

| 摳 | U+6473, &#25715; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6473 |
| ← 摲 [U+6472] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 摴 → [U+6474] |

## Translingual
### Han character

摳 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手尸口口 (QSRR), four-corner 5101$_6$, composition ⿰扌區)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12638
* Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1943, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6473

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 摳
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku (“to take up; to lift; to prop up”) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kōu (kou$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kou$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau / kho͘ / khio
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kheu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kou$^1$ / kou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kou
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^1$
*** Yale: kōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kou
*** Palladius: коу (kou)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (摳兒／抠儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kōur
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kour
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: kōur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koul
*** Palladius: коур (kour)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kou$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kou
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰəu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^1$
*** Yale: kāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau
*** Tâi-lô: khau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
*** Tâi-lô: khoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qof
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khio
*** Tâi-lô: khio
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qioy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio³³/
* khau - vernacular;
* kho͘/khio - literary.
* Middle Chinese: khju, khuw
Rime :
| Character | 摳 | 摳 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 豈俱切 | 恪侯切 |
| Baxter | khju | khuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨo/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰio/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰio/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuə̆/ | /kʰəw/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰio/ | /kʰu/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭu/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰi̯u/ | /kʰə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū | kōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ | hau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoː/, /*kʰo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 摳 | 摳 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10579 | 10611 |
| Phonetic component | 區 | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 彄 | 區 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰoː/ | /*kʰo/ |

#### Definitions

摳
* (literary) to lift (one's clothes)
* to dig out (with one's fingers or a pointed object)
* to carve; to cut
* to delve into; to study meticulously
* (colloquial) tight-fisted; stingy; miserly

##### Synonyms

* (to carve):
* 刊刻 (kānkè)
* 勒 (literary)
* 鐫刻／镌刻 (juānkè) (literary)
* 雕刻 (diāokè)
* 雕塑 (diāosù)
* 雕琢 (diāozhuó)
* 雕鑿／雕凿 (diāozáo)
* (to delve into):
* 探討／探讨 (tàntǎo)
* 查考 (chákǎo)
* 研修 (yánxiū)
* 研究 (yánjiū)
* 研習／研习 (yánxí)
* 研討／研讨 (yántǎo)
* 精研 (jīngyán) (formal)
* 細究／细究 (xìjiū)
* 考究
* 調查／调查 (diàochá)
* 鑽／钻
* 鑽研／钻研 (zuānyán)
* (stingy):
* 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
* 小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì)
* 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
* 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
* 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 吝嗇, 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小摳兒, 小氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 小摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 吝嗇, 小摳, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吝嗇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吝嗇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 摳惜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 摳, 窮摳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 摳, 老摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 摳, 不出息 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 摳, 摳門兒, 小氣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 黑饞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 摳, 奸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 摳, 摳搜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 奸, 拤古 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 拤古 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 吝嗇, 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 摳, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 摳, 老鱉一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 摳, 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 吝嗇, 摳, 尖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 嗇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 摳 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 吝嗇, 雀薄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 摳, 夾殼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 夾摳, 夾殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 吝嗇, 摳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 尖鉤鉤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 嗇皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 吝嗇, 免頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小氣, 嗇掐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 摳 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 摳, 尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 摳, 小氣, 算小 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小氣, 慳, 刻薄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳屎, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孤寒, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孤寒, 小格 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 小氣, 慳嗇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 孤寒, 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 慳濕, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細氣 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 孤寒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗇, 小氣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 慳吝, 小氣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 歪 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 孤寒, 蔑屑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 小氣, 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 嗇 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 齧察 |
| Hakka | Changting | 癄 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 齧 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 歪, 齧察 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 精 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 小氣, 小相 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 小氣 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 精, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 齧察, 齧合澀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 硞, 虯, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 摳 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 小氣 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小毛, 小氣, 小鬼 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小氣, 吃小米 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳 |
| Jin | Datong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鬼祟, 小氣 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 摳 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 摳, 慳, 摳搜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 憋, 缺 |
| Jin | Jining | 摳 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小氣 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 摳唆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Handan | 小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 摳 |
| Jin | Suide | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嗇鄙, 小癖氣 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 小氣 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嗇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 枝釐 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 夾絲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 孤霜, 㾀屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 凍霜, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 凍霜, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 挾潲 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 澀鼻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鹹澀, 貓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鹹澀, 細氣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鹹澀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鹹澀 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孤寒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 孤寒, 孽屎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 小氣, 小相 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 小氣 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 吝嗇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小氣, 算小, 掐 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 小氣, 嗇 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 小氣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嗇掐, 小氣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小氣, 精馬, 精巴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小氣, 刮皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 小氣, 貓, 吃不得 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 小氣 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 吝嗇 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 小相 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 小氣 |

#### Compounds

* 倒舄摳衣／倒舄抠衣
* 摳住／抠住 (kōuzhù)
* 摳字眼兒／抠字眼儿 (kōu zìyǎnr)
* 摳心挖肚／抠心挖肚
* 摳心挖膽／抠心挖胆
* 摳扒／抠扒
* 摳搜／抠搜 (kōusou)
* 摳摟／抠搂
* 摳摳索索／抠抠索索
* 摳腳大漢／抠脚大汉 (kōujiǎo dàhàn)
* 摳衣／抠衣
* 摳門兒／抠门儿 (kōuménr)
* 死摳兒／死抠儿 (sǐkōur)
* 甌摳／瓯抠
* 老摳／老抠

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): keu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kău
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^1$
*** Yale: kāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: keu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰeu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kău
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

摳
* (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to mix
    摳埋／抠埋 [Cantonese] ― kau$^1$ maai$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to mix together
    摳米／抠米 [Cantonese] ― kau$^1$ mai$^5$ [Jyutping] ― (uncooked) rice of different types mixed together

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 混 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 摳, 撈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 摳, 撈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 摳 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 混 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 混 |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* raise
* lift up
* tight-fisted

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)、く (ku)、おう (ō)、う (u)
* Kun: ひろう (hirō)

## Korean
### Hanja

摳 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
* pull up, lift up

## Vietnamese
### Han character

摳: Hán Nôm readings: khua, khu, so, xô, xua, đùa, khùa, khuá, sù
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.