| 揪 | |||
| grasp with hand, pinch | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | jiū | Cantonese reading | zau1 |
| Japanese on reading | shuu shu | Japanese kun reading | atsumeru |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 揫 | ||
| 揪 | |||
| grasp with hand, pinch | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 9 | Total Strokes | 12 |
| Mandarin reading | jiū | Cantonese reading | zau1 |
| Japanese on reading | shuu shu | Japanese kun reading | atsumeru |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 揫 | ||
| 揪辫子 | [ jiū biàn zi ] to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair), to seize on weak points, to exploit the opponent's shortcomings |
| 揪斗 | [ jiū doù ] to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) |