Chinese Character Wiki

攫

jué

snatch away

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

hand

矍 sound component

矍  Sound component

jué

  

look about in fright or alarm

Evolution

攫 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
攫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

攫  

jué

snatch away, seize; catch with; to seize; to snatch; to grab

Most common words with 攫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

攫取

to plunder

攫

to seize

攫夺

to seize

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qʷ(r)ak

kjwak

jué

seize


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3692nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

23

Unicode

U+652B

Shuowen

“攫，扟也。从手，矍聲。”


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