撮

撮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手日尸水 (QASE), four-corner 5604₇, composition ⿰扌最)

• 𪢚, 𢤎

• 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

Historical forms of the character 撮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 最 (OC *zloːds).

撮

1. to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
2. to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
3. to bring together (e.g. a couple)
4. to extract; to summarise
5. to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
6. (dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
7. (Hakka) to cheat; to deceive; to hoax

   alt. forms: 啜

   佢分人撮走欸兩百塊錢。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
   佢分人撮走欸两百块钱。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

   Gi² bun¹ ngin² cod⁵ zêu³ ê² liong³ bag⁵ kuai⁴ qiên². [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   He was cheated out of 200 yuan.

8. 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

9. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to pass on; to transfer
10. (Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group

    一撮人 [Teochew]  ―  zêg⁸ choh⁴ nang⁵ [Peng'im]  ―  some people; a bunch of people

撮

1. Classifier for tufts of hair.

• 撮子 (zuǒzi)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. snapshot
2. to take a photo; to record a video

• Go-on: さち (sachi)
• Kan-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
• On: さい (sai)
• Kun: とる (toru, 撮る, Jōyō); つまむ (tsumamu, 撮む); つまみ (tsumami)

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat, “to grab with three fingers”).

• (Tokyo) さ​つ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

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

撮(さつ) • (satsu) 

1. A unit of volume, equal to one-tenth of a 勺(しゃく) (shaku), or equivalently around 1.8039 millilitres.

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC tshwat).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

撮

Wikisource

撮 (eumhun 모을 촬 (mo'eul chwal))

1. Hanja form^? of 촬 (“to take a photo; to record a video”).

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

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

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