搯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 13
Variants: 掏

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tāo
Cantonese: tou4
JapaneseKun: TORIDASU
JapaneseOn: TOU
Korean: TO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: take out, pull out

CE-Dict: variant of 掏[tao1]

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》搯捾也。从手舀聲。《周書》曰：「師乃搯。」搯者，拔兵刃以習擊刺。《詩》曰：「左旋右搯。」

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】搯
【唐韻】土刀切【集韻】他刀切，𠀤音叨。【說文】捾也。一曰抒也。【韓愈·孟郊墓誌】鉤章棘句，搯擢胃腎。　又叩也。【魯語】無搯膺。【馬融·長笛賦】搯膺擗摽。　又【說文】搯者，拔兵刀以習擊刺。詩曰左旋右搯。◎按今詩作抽。【集韻】或作掏。从舀，與掐別。

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