Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Mandarin
jiū
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
7 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
jiū

Definitions by reading

kao1
Mandarin equivalent jiū
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kao1 Chaoyang kao1 Chenghai kao1 Jieyang kao1 Raoping kao1 Shantou kao1
①jiū
②写上字或画上记号的小纸团,供赌胜负或决定事情时抓取:抓~(也称“拈阄”,潮州话称“抽阄”、“𢭪阄”) | 纸~ | ~儿(即“阄”)| 钻~(抓阄)。
③名词作动词。拈阄,抓阄:~开(以抓阄的方式分开) | ~题(以抓阄确定题目) | ~定(用抓阄的办法定)。
④为了赌胜负或决定事情而抓取的东西:抓阄儿|潮汕方言叫“拢阄”
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English meaning

lots (to be drawn); draw lots