Chinese Character Wiki

掐

qiā

hold

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

hand

臽 sound component

臽  Sound component

xiàn

  

a pit

Evolution

掐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掐  

qiā

hold; gather with hand; choke; to pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to clutch; (slang) to fight

Most common words with 掐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

掐

to pinch

掐断

cut off

掐算

to count with one's fingers

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.8855% of movies

2533rd most common character in movies

3494th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6390

Shuowen

《說文新附》：“掐，爪刺也。从手，臽聲。”


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