拶

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zā, zǎn
Cantonese: zaat3
JapaneseKun: SEMARU
JapaneseOn: SATSU
Korean: CHAL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: press, squeeze hard; force

CE-Dict: to press or squeeze hard

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a torture device in old China consisting of several contractible wooden sticks, in between which the fingers of a suspect were placed and pressed to extort confessions

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拶
【唐韻】𡛷末切【集韻】【韻會】子末切，𠀤音䰖。逼也。相排迫也。【韓愈·雪詩】漰騰相排拶，龍鳳交橫飛。　【正字通】本作𢭓。