揪
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to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 手 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 揪
- Common rank
- #3,195
- Unicode
- U+63EA
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
hold tight · Heisig RSH #770
fingers + 秋 autumn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 揪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揪心 | lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious | |
| 揪出 | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) | |
| 揪心扒肝 | (idiom) extremely anxious; anguished | |
| 揪斗 | to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revoluti… | |
| 揪住 | to grab | |
| 揪心揪肺 | heart-wrenching | |
| 揪送 | to seize and send (to court, to face punishment) | |
| 揪辫子 | to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's sh… | |
| 揪揪 | creased; wrinkled; depressed; worried; upset | |
| 揪痧 | folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flo… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 秋 — compare how they read.