抓 — 7 strokes / Radical「扌」
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- On
- ソウ
- Kun
- つ.ねる・つ.める・つね.る・つま.む
- Meaning
- to pinch
Origin
Hand 扌 with 爪 "claw" as phonetic: to nip with the nails.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 抓るつねる
to pinch
- 抓みつまみ
a pinch; a knob
Example
夢かと思って頬を抓ってみた。
Wondering if it was a dream, I pinched my cheek.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)