抓
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to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,339 U+6293
How 抓 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
grab · Heisig RSH #664
fingers + 爪 claw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 抓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头发胡子一把抓 | tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā | lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method;… |
| 抓大放小 | zhuā dà fàng xiǎo | (PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the… |
| 一抓一大把 | yī zhuā yī dà bǎ | (coll.) to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by |
| 抓子儿 | zhuā zǐ r | kids' game involving throwing and grabbing |
| 抓地力 | zhuā dì lì | traction |
| 眉毛胡子一把抓 | méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā | careless; any-old-how, regardless of the specific task |
| 抓工夫 | zhuā gōng fu | to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time; (also 抓功夫) |
| 手抓羊肉 | shǒu zhuā yáng ròu | hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers) |
| 抓紧时间 | zhuā jǐn shí jiān | to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up |
| 手抓饭 | shǒu zhuā fàn | pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau |
| 抓地 | zhuā dì | grip on the road; roadholding |
| 抓马 | zhuā mǎ | (coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated |
| 抓手 | zhuā shǒu | handhold; handle; mechanical hand; gripper; (fig.) focus of effort; means of achieving an … |
| 抓力 | zhuā lì | grip |
| 主抓 | zhǔ zhuā | to be in charge of; to concentrate on |
| 抓功夫 | zhuā gōng fu | to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time; (also 抓工夫) |
| 一把抓 | yī bǎ zhuā | to attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance |
| 猫抓病 | māo zhuā bìng | cat scratch disease; cat scratch fever |
| 抓包 | zhuā bāo | to catch sb in the act; (computing) to capture data packets |
| 手抓饼 | shǒu zhuā bǐng | fluffy, flaky pancake (made with dough, not batter) |