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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jié, jiá
Cantonese: git3
JapaneseKun: HATARAKU
JapaneseOn: KITSU KETSU KATSU
Korean: KIL KYEL
Vietnamese: cất

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: laboring hard, occupied; pursue

CE-Dict: antagonistic/laboring hard/pressed

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.short of money; in straitened circumstances

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拮 手口共有所作也。从手吉聲。《詩》曰:「予手拮据。」

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】 拮
【唐韻】【正韻】古屑切【集韻】【韻會】吉屑切,𠀤音結。【說文】手口共有所作也。【詩·豳風】予手拮据。【傳】撠挶也。【疏】以手爪挶持草也。 又【唐韻】居質切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】激質切,𠀤音吉。義同。 又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤訖黠切。與戛同。轢之也。【戰國策】大夫種爲越王禽勁吳,成霸功,句踐終拮而殺之。【註】蓋逼之。 又【集韻】丘傑切,音朅。與揭同。舉也。

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