拃 (zaa6 zaa3 | zha3 ) : obstruct; handful; group

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拃

zaa6 zaa3

zha3

(jyutping) zaa6
[1] obstruct; block; interrupt
[2] [classifier] handful of (grain, sand) | [國] 把
[3] [classifier] group, crowd, band of (people) | [國] 夥

(jyutping) zaa3, (pinyin) zha3
span; measure by handspans

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

拃

This word has been viewed 3545 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th May 2010 02:03

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跌落地揦返拃沙 dit3 lok6 dei6 laa2 faan1 zaa6 saa1 die1 luo4 di4 la2 fan3 zhan3 sha1 = to salvage one's pride; to save face 粵

拃住 zaa6 zyu6 = to stop; to obstruct; to block 粵

拃亂歌柄 zaa6 lyun6 go1 beng3 zha4 luan4 ge1 bing3 = to interrupt sb; impolitely barge in on a conversation 粵

一拃 jat1 zaa6 yi1 zha4 = a bunch; a handful 粵

偷雞唔到蝕拃米 tau1 gai1 m4 dou3*2 sit6 zaa6*1 mai5 = go for wool and come home shorn 粵

掗拃 ngaa6 zaa6 = swaggering; cumbersome 粵

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條友仔掗掗拃拃噉，真係好鬼麻煩！粵
That over self-entitled person is really troublesome!

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Decimal representation of this word: 拃
Unicode code for this character: U+62c3 (off-site link)

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