搦

搦 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手弓一一 (QNMM), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌弱)

• KangXi: page 447, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12500
• Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1938, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6426

Cantonese 搦 (nik1) has a nasal-stop alternant in 拎 (ning1) (Kwok et al., 2008).

搦

1. (Classical Chinese) to repress; to restrain
2. (literary or Cantonese, Min Nan) to grasp; to seize; to hold in the hand

   alt. forms: 攊 (Cantonese)

   搦起塊石／搦起块石 [Cantonese]  ―  nik¹ hei² faai³ sek⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to pick up a rock

   家姐幫我搦住個手袋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   家姐帮我搦住个手袋。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaa¹ ze^2-1 bong¹ ngo⁵ nik¹ zyu⁶ go³ sau² doi^6-2. [Jyutping]

   My elder sister is holding the handbag for me.

   • 呢，你同我搦減啲嘢！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     呢，你同我搦减啲嘢！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1957, 謝賢 (actor), in 《鬼夜哭》 [The Nightly Cry of the Ghost], 5:17 from the start

     ne², nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ nik¹ gam² di¹ je⁵! [Jyutping]

     Hey, hold some of the stuff for me!

3. to challenge
4. to capture
5. (Min Nan) to rub in water

   搦衫褲／搦衫裤 [Hokkien]  ―  la̍k saⁿ-khò͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  rub clothes in water for washing

6. (Min Nan) to rub and knead
7. (Min Nan) to tread on

   搦塗糜／搦涂糜 [Hokkien]  ―  lio̍k thô͘-bôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  tread on mud

• (Cantonese: to hold in the hand): (Mandarin) 提 (tí), 拿 (ná)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: にゃく (nyaku)
• Kan-on: だく (daku)
• Kun: からめる (karameru, 搦める); がらみ (garami, 搦み)

搦: Hán Nôm readings: nạch

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