拃

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 折

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhǎn, zhà, zhǎ, zhá
Cantonese: zaa6

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: grope, press, span

CE-Dict: span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)/to span (measure with one's hand)

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