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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yā, zā
Cantonese: at3 cyun4

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: acupuncture, narrow and protrude, (non-classical form of 拶) a torture device in old China consisting of several contracting wooden sticks, in between which the fingers of a suspect are placed and pressed to extort confessions

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《穴部》䆘 入衇剌穴謂之䆘。从穴甲聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【穴字部】 䆘
【廣韻】烏甲切【集韻】乙甲切,𠀤音押。入脉刺穴謂之䆘。 又【字彙補】子曷切,音䰖。俗作拶。