Chinese Character Wiki

撮

cuō, zuǒ

little bit

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 最 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

最 sound component

最  Sound component

zuì

  

most

Evolution

撮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撮 Seal script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Seal script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
撮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
撮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

撮  

cuō

little bit, small amount, pinch; to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuò]

撮  

zuǒ

classifier for hair or grass: tuft

Most common words with 撮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

撮合

to play matchmaker

一小撮

handful (of)

撮

to scoop up

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]ˤot

tshwat

cuō

pinch; a pinch


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6979% of movies

3171st most common character in movies

3485th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+64AE

Shuowen

“撮，四圭也。一曰兩指撮也。从手，最聲。”


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