# 搲

| 搲 | U+6432, &#25650; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6432 |
| ← 搱 [U+6431] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搳 → [U+6433] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* 攨

### Han character

搲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手十金人 (QJCO), composition ⿰扌窊)
* to seize, to grasp

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12516
* Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1937, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6432

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wā (wa$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa$^2$ / we$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): va$^2$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ya$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$o
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wā
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wa
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
*** Palladius: ва (va)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^2$ / we$^2$
*** Yale: wá / wé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^2$ / we$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^2$ / wé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː³⁵/, /wɛː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: va$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /va⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ya$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ia³¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$o
*** MiniDict: o$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$o
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /o⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /o⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

搲
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Wu) to clutch; to grab
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to scratch
    搲痕 [Cantonese] ― waa$^2$ han$^4$ [Jyutping] ― to scratch an itch
* (dialectal Northern Wu) to grab, rake or handle with chopsticks or similar utensils
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Northern Wu, figurative) to recuperate; to mollify; to make up for (e.g. a situation)

##### Synonyms

* (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 |

##### Compounds

* 搲勿着搭勿夠
* 搲屎厾爛泥／搲屎厾烂泥
* 搲拉勿出
* 搲水 (Cantonese)
* 搲爛塊面／搲烂块面 (Cantonese)
* 搲痕 (Cantonese)
* 搲空
* 搲銀／搲银 (Cantonese)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): we$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: we$^5$
*** Yale: wéh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: we$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wé$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɛː¹³/

#### Definitions

搲
* (Cantonese, of clothing or garments) loose or wrinkled, due to repeatedly stretching or washing the garment

#### Compounds

* 烏搲／乌搲 (wu$^1$ we$^5$) (Cantonese)