𢯎

𢯎 U+22BCE, 𢯎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-22BCE ← 𢯍 [U+22BCD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢯏 → [U+22BCF]

Translingual

Han character

𢯎 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大大月 (QKKB), composition ⿰扌肴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
• Unihan data for U+22BCE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𢯎
alternative forms		𢲷 拗 摳／抠 撓／挠 R

Etymology

Compare Zhuang gaeu (“to scratch an itch”), Thai เกา (gao, “to scratch”), Hokkien 擽／㧰 (ngiau).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaau¹

  (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): jau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaau¹
    • Yale: ngāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
    • Jyutping++: jau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu³³/

Definitions

𢯎

1. (Cantonese) to scratch (an itch)

   𢯎痕 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ han⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch an itch

   𢯎頭／𢯎头 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ tau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch one's head

2. (Cantonese) to look for; to seek

   𢯎水吹 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ seoi² ceoi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to look for someone or topics to chat

3. (Cantonese) to ask for; to beg

   𢯎funding [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ fan¹ ding^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to ask for funding

4. (Cantonese) to steal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		搔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔, 撓
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
	Yangjiang	𢯎
Hakka	Meixian	搲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扒
Southern Min	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Tainan	扒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	扒
	Manila (Hokkien)	扒
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	扒
	Puning	嬈, 扒
Wu	Shanghai	抓
	Suzhou	抓
	Wenzhou	抓

Compounds

• 𢯎嗮頭／𢯎嗮头
• 𢯎撈／𢯎捞
• 𢯎水吹
• 𢯎爆頭／𢯎爆头
• 𢯎痕