掬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 匊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jū
Cantonese: guk1
JapaneseKun: SUKUU
JapaneseOn: KIKU
Korean: KWUK
Vietnamese: cúc

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to grasp or hold with both hands

CE-Dict: to hold with both hands/to grasp firmly/fig. to offer up sincerely

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to hold with both hands

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】掬
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤居六切，音菊。與匊同。兩手曰掬。【禮·曲禮】受珠玉者以掬。【疏】謂手中也。【左傳·宣十二年】舟中之指可掬也。　又【詩詁】兩手曰臼，屈掌曰匊。又【小爾雅】掬，一升也。今俗謂兩手所奉爲一掬，則數合也。　又【揚子·方言】離也。齊𨻰曰斯。燕之外郊，朝鮮洌水之閒曰掬。　【說文】在手曰匊。俗作掬。【廣韻】與𢱬同。【韻會】本作揈。【正字通】本作臼。

CF-Dict: prendre avec les deux mains jointes

Han-De-Dict: packen, fassen, ergreifen (u.E.) (V)