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Translingual
Han character
擦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 手十月火 (QJBF), four-corner 53091, composition ⿰扌察)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 460, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12862
- Dae Jaweon: page 808, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1977, character 3
- Unihan data for U+64E6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蔡
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*sʰlaːds
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瘵
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*ʔsreːds
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祭
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*ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
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際
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*ʔsleds
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穄
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*ʔsleds
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鰶
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*ʔsleds
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傺
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*hr'eds
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摖
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*sʰleːds
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擦
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*sʰlaːd
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攃
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*sʰlaːd, *saːd
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礤
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*sʰlaːd
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察
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*sʰreːd
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詧
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*sʰreːd, *sʰeːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːd) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 察 (OC *sʰreːd) – wipe, scrub by hand.
Pronunciation
Note:
- chhat - literary (“to wipe; to apply; utensil”);
- chhoah - vernacular;
- chhak - “wall hanging”.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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擦
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5845
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Phonetic component
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祭
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Rime group
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月
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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攃
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Old Chinese
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/*sʰlaːd/
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Notes
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手冊作集韻礤摩也新字
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Definitions
擦
- to rub
- to be close to; to be near
- to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase
- 把黑板擦乾淨/把黑板擦干净 ― bǎ hēibǎn cā gānjìng ― to wipe the blackboard clean
- 擦嗮啲錯字/擦嗮啲错字 [Cantonese] ― caat3 saai3 di1 co3 zi6 ― to erase all the incorrect characters
- to spread (paste etc.); to apply
- to shred (melons and fruits)
- (slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of 肏 (“to fuck”)
- utensil for rubbing, wiping, or scrubbing (e.g., eraser, shoe polish)
- 黑板擦 ― hēibǎncā ― blackboard eraser
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) hanging scroll; wall hanging (a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall)
Synonyms
- (to rub): 摩擦 (mócā)
- (to be close to):
- 倚近 (Hokkien)
- 傍依 (bàngyī)
- 傍邊/傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
- 向邇/向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
- 把 (colloquial)
- 挨近 (āijìn)
- 挨邊/挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
- 接 (jiē)
- 接近 (jiējìn)
- 比鄰/比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
- 湊/凑 (còu)
- 瀕於/濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
- 瀕臨/濒临 (bīnlín)
- 相鄰/相邻 (xiānglín)
- 臨近/临近 (línjìn)
- 親近/亲近 (qīnjìn)
- 鄰近/邻近 (línjìn)
- 附 (fù)
- 靠近 (kàojìn)
Dialectal synonyms of
擦 (“to wipe”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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擦
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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擦, 抹
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Taiwan
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擦, 抹
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Malaysia
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擦
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Singapore
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擦, 抹
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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擦, 搌
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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揩, 抹, 擦
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Wuhan
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之, 揩, 抹, 搌
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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擦, 揩, 抹
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Hefei
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擦, 揩, 抹
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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擦, 抹, 捽
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Hong Kong
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擦, 抹, 捽
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Yangjiang
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抹, 拭, 擦
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Yangjiang (Yangdong)
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拭
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Yangdong (Yashao)
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抹, 拭, 擦
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Yangchun
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抹, 擦
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Yangxi
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抹, 拭, 擦
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Penang (Guangfu)
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擦
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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擦
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Gan
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Nanchang
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揩, 抹, 擦
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Hakka
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Meixian
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捽
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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捽
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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捽
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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捽
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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捽
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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捽
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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捽
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Kuching (Hepo)
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捽
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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揩, 擦
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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拭
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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拭, 挸
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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拭, 揉
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Quanzhou
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拭, 揉
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Zhangzhou
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拭, 揉
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Tainan
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拭, 揉
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Penang (Hokkien)
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拭, 揉
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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拭
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Manila (Hokkien)
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拭
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Chaozhou
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拭, 㧫, 抙
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Raoping
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拭, 㧫
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Shantou
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㧫
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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㧫
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Jieyang
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拭, 㧫, 抙
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Singapore (Teochew)
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拭, 㧫
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Wu
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Shanghai
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揩
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Suzhou
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揩
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Wenzhou
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擦, 𢄺
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Xiang
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Changsha
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湊, 抹, 揩
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Shuangfeng
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揩, 抹
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
擦
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Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
擦 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune–Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
擦: Hán Nôm readings: sát, xát, xớt
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