# 撮

| 撮 | U+64AE, &#25774; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AE |
| ← 播 [U+64AD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撯 → [U+64AF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手日尸水 (QASE), four-corner 5604$_7$, composition ⿰扌最)

#### Derived characters

* 𪢚, 𢤎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12748
* Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1957, character 2
* Unihan data for U+64AE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 撮
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd): semantic 扌 + phonetic 最 (OC *zloːds).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuō, cuò
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chep / chhot
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cod$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháuk / chŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhok / chheh / chherh / chhoeh / choat / chhoat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): coh$^4$ / cuag$^4$ / cuêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuo
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻo$^1$
*** Yale: tswō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo
*** Palladius: цо (co)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻo$^4$
*** Yale: tswò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
*** Palladius: цо (co)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyut$^3$
*** Yale: chyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chep / chhot
*** Hakka Romanization System: zeb$^ˋ$ / cod$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zeb$^5$ / cod$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sep̚²/, /t͡sʰot̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cod$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔt̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháuk / chŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑuʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/
* cháuk - general use;
* chŏk - classifier, scoop a small amount.
* Middle Chinese: tswat, tshwat
Rime :
| Character | 撮 | 撮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 子括切 | 倉括切 |
| Baxter | tswat | tshwat |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡suɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʷɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡suɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡swat̚/ | /t͡sʰwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡suɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡suɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰuɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡suɑt̚/ | /t͡sʰuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zuo | cuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^3$ | cyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤot/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoːd/, /*sʰoːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cuō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tshwat › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]ˁot/ |
| English | pinch; a pinch |
| 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 | 撮 | 撮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10671 | 10672 |
| Phonetic component | 取 | 取 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繓 | 撮 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsoːd/ | /*sʰoːd/ |

#### Definitions

撮
* to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
* to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
* to bring together (e.g. a couple)
* to extract; to summarise
* to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
* (dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
* (Hakka) to cheat; to deceive; to hoax
    Alternative form: 啜
       Gi$^2$ bun$^1$ ngin$^2$ cod$^5$ zêu$^3$ ê$^2$ liong$^3$ bag$^5$ kuai$^4$ qiên$^2$. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
       He was cheated out of 200 yuan.
* Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
    一撮鹽／一撮盐 ― yī cuō yán ― a pinch of salt
    一撮人 ― yī cuō rén ― a handful of people
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pass on; to transfer
* (Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group
    一撮人 [Teochew] ― zêg$^8$ coh$^4$ nang$^5$ [Peng'im] ― some people; a bunch of people

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 些 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尼 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 撮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 厘兒 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 騙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騙 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哄, 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哄, ⿰言羅 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騙, 哄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 騙呃 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 氹, 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 氹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 氹, 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 氹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 呃 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 徹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 騙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 騙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 騙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 騙, 諞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 惑 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 騙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 騙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 騙, 局 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 騙, 誑 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 騙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 呃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 呃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 騙 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 騙 |
| Wu | Danyang | 騙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 騙 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 騙 |

#### Compounds

* 抄撮
* 扯撮
* 搊撮 / 𫼝撮
* 撮合 (cuōhé)
* 撮親 / 撮亲
* 收撮
* 開齊合撮 / 开齐合撮

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuǒ, cuò (zuo$^3$, cuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ, ㄘㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyut$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chŏk
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^3$
*** Yale: dzwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
*** Palladius: цзо (czo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒr
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒr
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dzwǒr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuool
*** Palladius: цзор (czor)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔɻ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻo$^4$
*** Yale: tswò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
*** Palladius: цо (co)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyut$^3$
*** Yale: chyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːt̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰouʔ⁵/

#### Definitions

撮
* Classifier for tufts of hair.

##### Synonyms

* 撮子 (zuǒzi)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* snapshot
* to take a photo; to record a video

#### Readings

* Go-on: さち (sachi)
* Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: とる (toru, 撮る, Jōyō)、つまむ (tsumamu, 撮む)、つまみ (tsumami, 撮み)

#### Compounds

* 撮棒(さいぼう) (saibō, “a type of long wooden rod”)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 撮
* さつ Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat, “to grab with three fingers”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さつ [sáꜜtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [sa̠t͡sɨ]

### Compounds

* 撮影(さつえい) (satsuei): filming; photography
* 撮像(さつぞう) (satsuzō): to take an image; imaging

### Noun

撮(さつ) • (satsu)
* A unit of volume, equal to one-tenth of a 勺(しゃく) (shaku), or equivalently around 1.8039 millilitres.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 촤ᇙ〮 (Yale: chwálq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 찰 (chal) (Yale: chal) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰwa̠ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [촬]

### Hanja

Wikisource 撮 (eumhun 모을 촬 (mo'eul chwal))
* hanja form of 촬 (“to take a photo; to record a video”)

#### Compounds

* 촬영 (撮影, chwaryeong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

撮: Hán Việt readings: toát
撮: Nôm readings: toát, tòi, duỗi
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