搿

搿 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹手人口手 (HQORQ) or 手人口手 (QORQ), four-corner 2255₀, composition ⿲龵合手(GJK) or ⿲手合手(HT))

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 449, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12554
• Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1928, character 1
• Unihan data for U+643F

搿

1. (dialectal) hug tightly, clutch
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 204:

     伊雙手搿隻大箱子。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     伊双手搿只大箱子。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁶yi ¹saon-seu ⁸geq ⁷tsaq ⁶du-shian-tsy [Wugniu]

     He is hugging the big box with both his hands.

• (hug):

From 個／个, and first attested as such in Xingshiyan (型世言). Variant pronunciations 該／该 and 蓋／盖 both attested before the emergence of 搿 in Zhaoshengguan (趙聖關).

搿 (Northern Wu)

1. [from 16th century] this

   我來搭儂介紹，搿位是王先生。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我来搭侬介绍，搿位是王先生。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁶le ⁷taq ⁶non ⁵cia-zau ⁸geq-we ⁶zy ⁶waon-shi-san [Wugniu]

   Let me introduce him to you, this is Mr Wang.

   • 20th c., 趙聖關 [Zhàoshèngguān]:

     何仙姑結識呂純阳，推轉紗窗房裡張，搿點人情勿肯做，木樨花能有幾時香？ [Northern Wu, trad.]
     何仙姑结识吕纯阳，推转纱窗房里张，搿点人情勿肯做，木樨花能有几时香？ [Northern Wu, simp.]

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2. alternative form of 個 / 个 (possessive particle)

Although 搿 is defined here as "this", it can be used as a distal demonstrative "that" as well. Most Northern Wu languages have this term and other unrelated terms to specify the distance relative to the deictic center.

• (this):

• (that):

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)