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揪

jiū

to pinch, to grasp

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 秋 provides pronunciation
HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (31%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

扌
shǒu
hand
秋
qiū
autumn, fall; year
⿰扌秋 i

Stroke Order

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Component Tree i

shǒu
扌
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手
3 strokes
qiū
秋
autumn, fall; year
💡 Ideographic: The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火
9 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 揪 (12)

jiū
揪 ↗
to seize / to clutch / to hold tight / to grip
jiūchū
揪出 ↗
to grab and open out / to uncover / to ferret out (the culprit)
jiūxīn
揪心 ↗
lit. grips the heart / worried / anxious
jiūxīnbāgān
揪心扒肝 ↗
lit. grips the heart, seizes the liver (idiom); fear grips the heart / worried out of one's wits / scared stiff
jiūxīnjiūfèi
揪心揪肺 ↗
heart-wrenching
jiūjiū
揪揪 ↗
creased and crumpled / depressed
jiūshā
揪痧 ↗
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
jiūbiànzi
揪辫子 ↗
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
jiūsòng
揪送 ↗
to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
jiūcuò
揪错 ↗
lit. to grab wrong / misconception / blunder / howler
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