揪
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 12
- Residual strokes
- 9
Mandarin
jiū
Teochew
Glyph
- Radical
- 扌
- Residual strokes
- 9 strokes
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Mandarin
- jiū
Definitions by reading
ciu1
文
Mandarin equivalent jiū
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng
ciu1文
Chenghai
ciu1文
Jieyang
ciu1文
Raoping
ciu1文
Shantou
ciu1文
①抓住；扯住：揪住、揪扯 ②使心里紧张忧虑：揪心 ③抓住，扭住：揪住|揪着绳子往上爬 ④心里紧张，担忧：揪心
English meaning
grasp with hand, pinch
GuangyunPhonological reconstruction
1
精母 三等 口 尤韵 平声 即由切
Reconstruction:
Original
束也，聚也。