𢯎

𢯎	U+22BCE, 𢯎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-22BCE

Translingual

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

simp. and trad.		𢯎
alternative forms		𢲷拗摳／抠撓／挠 R

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

𢯎

(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
(Cantonese) to look for; to seek
𢯎水吹 [Cantonese] ― ngaau¹ seoi² ceoi¹ [Jyutping] ― to look for someone or topics to chat
(Cantonese) to ask for; to beg
𢯎funding [Cantonese] ― ngaau¹ fan¹ ding^4-2 [Jyutping] ― to ask for funding
(Cantonese) to steal

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