Keyword
to pick
- to hold
- to choke
- to gather in one hand
- Frequency
- #3359
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
qiā
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 臽 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
掐
to pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to clutch; (slang) to fight
掐死
to throttle; to choke to death
掐断
to nip off (with fingernails etc); (fig.) to cut off (supply etc); to disconnect
掐架
(of dogs, roosters etc) to fight; to tussle; (of people) to have an altercation with sb (physical or verbal)
掐表
to use a stopwatch