揇

揇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手十月十 (QJBJ), four-corner 5402₇, composition ⿰扌南)

1. (Cantonese) to measure a distance with the extended thumb and forefinger or middle finger

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12327
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1913, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63C7

Earliest known attestation is in Tangyun (dated ) (according to Kangxi dictionary).

Schuessler (2007) suggests possible relation to Proto-Vietic *-namʔ (> Vietnamese nắm (“to grip, to grasp, to hold; > a handful, a fistful”)) and possible cognation to 深 (shēn) (see there for more).

揇

1. (obsolete) to hold in one hand
2. (Hakka) to hug; to embrace

揇

1. (Cantonese) to measure a short distance by spreading one's fingers
2. (Cantonese) handspan; distance from the tip of one's thumb to the tip of one's little finger on an outstretched hand

• “揇”, 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–
• 揇 in 康熙字典網上版 Kangxi Dictionary Type-set Online Version.

揇: Hán Nôm readings: nêm, nắm, nen, nên

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