抓
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to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 抓
- Common rank
- #1,338
- Unicode
- U+6293
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Formation & memory
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How 抓 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
grab · Heisig RSH #664
fingers + 爪 claw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 抓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头发胡子一把抓 | lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method;… | |
| 抓大放小 | (PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the… | |
| 一抓一大把 | (coll.) to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by | |
| 抓子儿 | kids' game involving throwing and grabbing | |
| 抓地力 | traction | |
| 眉毛胡子一把抓 | careless; any-old-how, regardless of the specific task | |
| 抓工夫 | to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time; (also 抓功夫) | |
| 手抓羊肉 | hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers) | |
| 抓紧时间 | to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up | |
| 手抓饭 | pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau | |
| 抓地 | grip on the road; roadholding | |
| 抓马 | (coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated | |
| 抓手 | handhold; handle; mechanical hand; gripper; (fig.) focus of effort; means of achieving an … | |
| 抓力 | grip | |
| 主抓 | to be in charge of; to concentrate on | |
| 抓功夫 | to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time; (also 抓工夫) | |
| 一把抓 | to attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance | |
| 抓包 | to catch sb in the act; (computing) to capture data packets | |
| 猫抓病 | cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever | |
| 手抓饼 | fluffy, flaky pancake (made with dough, not batter) |