撮

See also: 攝 and 熶
撮 U+64AE, 撮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AE
← 播
[U+64AD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 撯 →
[U+64AF]

Translingual

Han character

撮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手日尸水 (QASE), four-corner 56047, composition ⿰扌最)

Derived characters
  • 𪢚, 𢤎

References
  • KangXi: page 456, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12748
  • Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1957, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+64AE

Chinese
trad. 撮
simp. # 撮
alternative forms 熶
𢲻
𤑧

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 撮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
陬 *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷 *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫 *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅 *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣 *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取 *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫 *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸 *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹 *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰 *ʔsru
齱 *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆 *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃 *ʔsru
黀 *ʔsru
驟 *zrus
最 *zloːds
襊 *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞 *zoːds
嘬 *sʰroːds
諏 *ʔslo
娵 *ʔslo
娶 *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚 *zloʔ, *zlos
埾 *zlos
藂 *zloːŋ
叢 *zloːŋ
繓 *ʔsoːd
撮 *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 最 (OC *zloːds).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • cháuk - general use;
  • chŏk - classifier, scoop a small amount.
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat / chhoat / chhok
      • Tâi-lô: tsuat / tshuat / tshok
      • Phofsit Daibuun: zoad, zhoad, zhog
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵/, /t͡sʰuat̚⁵/, /t͡sʰɔk̚⁵/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²/, /t͡sʰuat̚³²/, /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
Note:
  • choat/chhoat - literary;
  • chhok - vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: cuag4 / cuêg4 / coh4
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuak / tshuek / tshoh
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/, /t͡sʰoʔ²/
Note:
  • cuag4/cuêg4 - literary (cuêg4 - Chaozhou);
  • coh4 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 撮 撮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 桓 (64) 桓 (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 子括切 倉括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡suɑt̚/ /t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʷɑt̚/ /t͡sʰʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡suɑt̚/ /t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡swat̚/ /t͡sʰwat̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡suɑt̚/ /t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡suɑt̚/ /t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡suɑt̚/ /t͡sʰuɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zuo cuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zyut3 cyut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 撮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cuō
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshwat ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˁot/
English pinch; a pinch

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撮 撮
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10671 10672
Phonetic
component		 取 取
Rime
group		 月 月
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 繓 撮
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsoːd/ /*sʰoːd/

Definitions

撮

  1. to pick up (powders) using one's fingertips
  2. to gather up; to collect together; to assemble
  3. to bring together (e.g. a couple)
  4. to extract; to summarise
  5. to scoop up (dirt using a dustpan)
  6. (dialectal, colloquial) to eat (as a group at a restaurant)
  7. Classifier for small amounts of something (that can be picked up using one's fingertips, or figuratively): pinch; handful
    一撮鹽／一撮盐  ―  yī cuō yán  ―  a pinch of salt
    一撮人  ―  yī cuō rén  ―  a handful of people
  8. (Teochew) Classifier for an indefinite amount: bunch; group
    一撮人 [Teochew]  ―  zêg8 choh4 nang5 [Peng'im]  ―  some people; a bunch of people
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 些
Mandarin Taiwan 些
Singapore 些
Cantonese Guangzhou 啲
Hong Kong 啲
Taishan 尼
Singapore (Guangfu) 啲
Hakka Meixian 兜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兜
Min Nan Xiamen 寡
Zhangzhou 寡
Tainan 寡
Singapore (Hokkien) 寡
Manila (Hokkien) 寡
Shantou 撮
Jieyang 撮
Singapore (Teochew) 撮
Wu Wenzhou 厘兒

Compounds
  • 扯撮
  • 抄撮
  • 撮合 (cuōhé)
  • 收撮
  • 搊撮／𫼝撮
  • 撮親／撮亲
  • 開齊合撮／开齐合撮

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

撮

  1. Classifier for tufts of hair.

Japanese

Kanji
撮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. snapshot
  2. to take a photo; to record a video

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
撮
さつ
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC t͡sʰuɑt̚, “to grab with three fingers”).

Pronunciation

Derived terms
Terms derived from 撮(さつ) (satsu):

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撮 (MC t͡sʰuɑt̚).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 撮 (eumhun 모을 촬 (mo'eul chwal))

  1. Hanja form? of 촬 (“to take a photo; to record a video”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

撮: Hán Việt readings: toát
撮: Nôm readings: toát, tòi, duỗi

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