揪

揪 U+63EA, 揪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63EA ← 揩 [U+63E9] CJK Unified Ideographs 揫 → [U+63EB]

Translingual

Han character

揪 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手竹木火 (QHDF), four-corner 5908₀, composition ⿰扌秋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 444, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12384
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1919, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63EA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鍫	*sʰew
篍	*sʰiw, *sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀	*sʰiwʔ, *zɯwʔ
湫	*ʔsliwʔ, *ʔsɯw, *sʰɯw, *zɯwʔ
揪	*ʔsɯw
揫	*ʔsɯw
啾	*ʔsɯw
鬏	*ʔsɯw
秋	*sʰɯw
鰍	*sʰɯw
楸	*sʰɯw
秌	*sʰɯw
鞦	*sʰɯw
鶖	*sʰɯw
萩	*sʰɯw
甃	*ʔsrɯws
醔	*sʰrɯw
愁	*zrɯw
僽	*zrɯws

Etymology 1

trad.		揪
simp. #		揪
alternative forms		揫／揪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu / khiú / chhiû
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cieu; ¹chieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiú
    • Tâi-lô: khiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû
    • Tâi-lô: tshiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu²⁴/

Note:

• chiu - literary;
• khiú - 搝 is used in Taiwan;
• chhiû - 揫 is used in Taiwan.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cieu; ¹chieu
    • MiniDict: cieu^平; chieu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jieu; ¹qieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揪
Reading #	1/1
No.	10532
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯw/
Notes	揫晚起字

Definitions

揪

1. to grasp with one's hand; to pinch

   揪著草，攀著亂石，小心探身下去，又鞠躬過了一個石穹門，便到了汪汪一碧的潭邊了 [MSC, trad.]
   揪着草，攀着乱石，小心探身下去，又鞠躬过了一个石穹门，便到了汪汪一碧的潭边了 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 1924, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 綠 (Green)

   Jiūzhe cǎo, pānzhe luànshí, xiǎoxīn tànshēn xiàqù, yòu jūgōng guòle yī ge shíqióngmén, biàn dàole wāngwāng yī bì de tán biān le [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 不揪不睬
• 揪出
• 揪尾巴
• 揪心 (jiūxīn)
• 揪心扒肝
• 揪心錢／揪心钱
• 揪打
• 揪扭
• 揪扯
• 揪採／揪采
• 揪捽
• 揪揪
• 揪撏／揪挦
• 揪痧
• 揪腸子／揪肠子
• 揪藤
• 揪辮子／揪辫子
• 肐揪
• 腦揪／脑揪

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 招 (chio).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

揪

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, colloquial) to gather; to arrange a gathering

   • 揪好友遊屏東過中秋　縣府推主題遊程聚焦在地特色 [MSC, trad.]
     揪好友游屏东过中秋　县府推主题游程聚焦在地特色 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 揪好友遊屏東過中秋 縣府推主題遊程聚焦在地特色, CNA, 2024

     jiū hǎoyǒu yóu Píngdōng guò Zhōngqiū, xiànfǔ tuī zhǔtí yóuchéng jùjiāo zàidì tèsè [Pinyin]

     Gather friends and visit Pingtung to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The county government launches themed tours focusing on local characteristics.

Derived terms

• 揪團／揪团 (jiūtuán)

 

Japanese

Kanji

揪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
• Kun: あつめる (atsumeru)

Vietnamese

Han character

揪: Hán Nôm readings: thu, tù

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References

• Nom Foundation