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

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

     From: 2007, 上海话大词典, p. 204

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

     He is hugging the big box with both his hands.

• (hug):

From 個／个.

搿 (Northern Wu)

1. 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.

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):

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)