搤

搤 U+6424, 搤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6424 ← 搣 [U+6423] CJK Unified Ideographs 搥 → [U+6425]

Translingual

Han character

搤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金廿 (QTCT), four-corner 5801₇, composition ⿰扌益)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12497
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1936, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6424

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (益) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 搤 – see 扼 (“to grasp; to clutch; to guard; to control; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 扼).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		搤
alternative forms		挖 抑 野 益 抉 挖 抑 野 益 抉 穵 扼

Possibly from 揠 (OC *qreːd, “to pull up”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah
    • Tâi-lô: iah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /iaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /iaʔ⁵/

Verb

搤 (Hokkien)

1. to dig (a small hole); to scoop; to gouge; to scrape out (a small thing)

   Synonym: 挖 (wā)

   搤番薯 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  iah han-chî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to dig out sweet potatoes

2. to paddle or make a similar movement with hands

   Synonym: 掰 (bāi)

   搤水 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  iah chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to paddle in the water

3. (figurative) to expose; to uncover (something embarrassing or damaging)

   Synonyms: 揭露 (jiēlù), 洩漏／泄漏 (xièlòu)

   共人搤根底 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  kā lâng iah kin-té [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to dig up dirt on somebody

4. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to pry; to prize
5. (Xiamen Hokkien) to convey a big bite of food into one's mouth with chopsticks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 挖 (“to dig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	挖
	Malaysia	挖
	Singapore	挖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	挖
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	掘
	Xi'an	挖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	挖
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	挖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	挖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掘
	Hong Kong	掘
Gan	Nanchang	挖
	Pingxiang	挖
Jin	Taiyuan	挖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掘
Southern Min	Xiamen	搤, 摀, 挖
	Quanzhou	搤, 挖
	Jinjiang	搤
	Zhangzhou	摀, 挖
	Tainan	搤, 摀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搤, 摀
	Manila (Hokkien)	搤
	Leizhou	掘
	Haikou	掘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	挖
Wu	Shanghai	掘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挖
	Suzhou	掘
	Wenzhou	掘
	Jinhua	掘

Compounds

• 搤底
• 搤空

 

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “挖”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #9483”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

搤

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. seize

Readings

• On (unclassified): あく (aku)、せく (seku)、えつ (etsu)、えち (echi)
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru)

Korean

Hanja

搤 • (aek) (hangeul 액, revised aek, McCune–Reischauer aek, Yale ayk)

1. tie up
2. grab, seize
3. hold
4. obstruct, defend

Vietnamese

Han character

搤: Hán Nôm readings: ách

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References

• Nom Foundation