攫

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攫 U+652B, 攫
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Translingual

Han character

攫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 手月山水 (QBUE), four-corner 56047, composition ⿰扌矍)

  1. snatch away, seize
  2. catch with

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 465, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13043
  • Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1991, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+652B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 攫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
钁 *kʷaɡ
攫 *kʷaɡ
矍 *kʷaɡ
躩 *kʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ
玃 *kʷaɡ
貜 *kʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ
彏 *kʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
戄 *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
籰 *ɢʷaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 矍 (OC *kʷaɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 攫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 藥 (108)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居縛切
Baxter kjwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʉɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiuɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kuak̚/
Li
Rong 		/kiuak̚/
Wang
Li 		/kĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 攫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jué
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjwak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qʷ(r)ak/
English seize

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 攫
Reading # 1/1
No. 7264
Phonetic
component 		矍
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		玃
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaɡ/

Definitions

攫

  1. (of animals) to grab using claws
  2. to grab; to snatch; to seize

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

攫

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. abduct

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

攫 (eum 확 (hwak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

攫: Hán Nôm readings: quắc

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References

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