攥

攥 U+6525, 攥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6525 ← 攤 [U+6524] CJK Unified Ideographs 攦 → [U+6526]

Translingual

Han character

攥 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 手竹月火 (QHBF), four-corner 5809₃, composition ⿰扌纂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13038
• Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1990, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6525

Chinese

trad.		攥
simp. #		攥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (算) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
纂	*ʔsloːnʔ
繤	*ʔsloːnʔ
算	*sloːnʔ, *sloːns
匴	*sloːnʔ
篹	*sloːnʔ
篡	*sʰroːns
攥	*ʔsloːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuàn (zuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan⁴
    • Yale: dzwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuann
    • Palladius: цзуань (czuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶
    • Yale: jaahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tswat

Rime
Character	攥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子括切
Baxter	tswat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攥
Reading #	1/1
No.	12142
Phonetic component	算
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	繓
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloːd/
Notes	纂分化字

Definitions

攥

1. to hold tight

   攥拳頭／攥拳头  ―  zuàn quántóu  ―  clench one's fist

   把錢攥在手中／把钱攥在手中  ―  bǎ qián zuàn zài shǒu zhōng  ―  hold money tightly in one's hand

   攥着大權／攥着大权  ―  zuàn zhe dàquán  ―  hold tightly onto power

Synonyms

• 緊握／紧握 (jǐnwò)