揪
to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,195 U+63EA
How 揪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 秋 (phonetic, qiū)
How to remember it
hold tight · Heisig RSH #770
fingers + 秋 autumn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 秋
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 秋 (qiū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秋 sound component | qiū | autumn, fall; year |
| 愁 | chóu | anxious, worried |
| 瞅 | chǒu | to see, to look at, to gaze at |
| 锹 | qiāo | shovel |
| 啾 | jiū | the wailing of a child |
| 楸 | qiū | Mallotus japonicus |
| 鳅 | qiū | loach |
| 鹙 | qiū | waterfowl; Garrulus glandarius |
| 愀 | qiǎo | anxious; blushing; to change one's countenance |
| 湫 | jiǎo | marsh, swamp, small pond |
| 鬏 | jiū | coiffure, topknot |
Words containing 揪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揪心 | jiū xīn | lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious |
| 揪出 | jiū chū | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) |
| 揪心扒肝 | jiū xīn bā gān | (idiom) extremely anxious; anguished |
| 揪斗 | jiū dòu | to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revoluti… |
| 揪住 | jiū zhù | to grab |
| 揪心揪肺 | jiū xīn jiū fèi | heart-wrenching |
| 揪送 | jiū sòng | to seize and send (to court, to face punishment) |
| 揪辫子 | jiū biàn zi | to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's sh… |
| 揪揪 | jiū jiu | creased; wrinkled; depressed; worried; upset |
| 揪痧 | jiū shā | folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flo… |