搣

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: miè
Cantonese: mit1 mit6

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: (Cant.) to tear, peel, twist with the fingers

CE-Dict: to peel/to pull out/to peel/to tear/to pinch

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》搣㧗也。从手烕聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】搣
【唐韻】亡列切【集韻】莫列切【正韻】彌列切，𠀤音滅。【說文】批也。【廣韻】手拔也。又摩也，捽也。　又翾劣切，音烕。【急就篇】沐浴揃搣寡合同。【師古註】揃搣，謂鬄拔眉髮也，蓋去其不齊整者。