揣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chuǎi, duǒ, zhuī, tuán, chuāi, chuài
Cantonese: ceoi2 cyun2
JapaneseKun: HAKARU KOKOROMIRU SADAMERU
JapaneseOn: SHI SUI TAN
Korean: CHWI THA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: put things under clothes

CE-Dict: to estimate/to guess/to figure/to surmise

Soothill: To estimate, conjecture, guess; said also to mean 摶 to roll into a ball, roll together.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to hide; to tuck; to hide or carry in one's clothes
2.to estimate; to surmise; to reckon

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hide or carry in one's clothes

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hide or carry in one's clothes

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》揣量也。从手耑聲。度高曰揣。一曰捶之。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】揣
〔古文〕𢭍【唐韻】初委切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】楚委切，𠀤榱上聲。【說文】量也，度高曰揣。【六書統】量度也。以手求其耑意。一曰捫而察之也。又凡稱量忖度皆曰揣。【左傳·昭三十二年】計丈數，揣厚薄。【孟子】不揣其本，而齊其末。【戰國策】蘇秦𥳑練以爲揣摩。【史記·高誘註】揣，定也。摩，合也。【鬼谷子揣篇】善用天下者，必揣諸侯之情。　又【廣韻】試也，除也。　又姓。明永樂舉人揣本。　又【集韻】樞絹切，音釧。亦度也。　又船釧切，專去聲。又尺兗切，音喘。義𠀤同。　又【唐韻】丁果切【集韻】【韻會】都果切【正韻】都火切，𠀤音朶。義同。又搖也。或作挅。　又【集韻】朱惟切，音錐。【說文】一曰捶之。【老子·道德經】揣而銳之，不可長保。【註】揣，治擊也。梁𥳑文讀。　又主橤切，捶上聲。又之瑞切，音惴。義𠀤同。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤徒官切，音團。與敦同。聚貌。【馬融·長笛賦】冬雪揣封乎其枝。【註】揣與團古通。◎按集韻，團音無椯，《正字通》揣椯兩註𠀤引，誤。　又【前漢·賈誼服賦】忽然爲人兮，何足控揣。化爲異物兮，又何足患。【漢書註】揣與摶通。控摶，玩弄愛生之意。患，叶音環。【史記】作控摶，索隱曰揣，量也。　【集韻】或作㪜。【正韻】亦作𢰚。〇按《說文》揣，初委切。椯，兜果切，兩音各異，揣有朶音。亦後人因《說文》訓同字，形相似而互通耳。

CF-Dict: chercher à tâtons/estimer, conjecturer