| 掐 | |||
| hold; gather with hand; choke | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | qiā | Cantonese reading | haap3 |
| Japanese on reading | kou kyou | Japanese kun reading | tsumamu |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 𠜼 | ||
| 掐 | |||
| hold; gather with hand; choke | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | qiā | Cantonese reading | haap3 |
| Japanese on reading | kou kyou | Japanese kun reading | tsumamu |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 𠜼 | ||
| 掐 | [ qiā ] to pick (flowers), to pinch, to nip, to pinch off, to clutch, (slang) to fight |
| 掐斷 | [ qiā duàn ] to nip off (with fingernails etc), (fig.) to cut off (supply etc), to disconnect |
| 掐断 | [ qiā duàn ] to nip off (with fingernails etc), (fig.) to cut off (supply etc), to disconnect |
| 掐死 | [ qiā sǐ ] to throttle, to choke to death |
| 掐算 | [ qiā suàn ] to count with one's fingers, on the spot calculation |
| 掐脖子 | [ qiā bó zi ] to seize by the throat |