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拶

zǎn

Meanings

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zǎn
  1. 1.to press or squeeze hard
zā
  1. 1.(literary) to force; to coerce

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to force; to compel; to press
  2. 2.to squeeze the fingers (an ancient form of torture)
  3. 3.the instrument used in the torture

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔslaːd): semantic ⺘ (“hand”) + phonetic 𡿪 (liè).

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Stroke order

Components

拶扌𡿪

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

偪拶刮刮拶拶密拶拶拶拆拶拶拶損拶损拶榨拶滿拶满拶逼挨拶挨挨拶拶排拶相促相拶蹙拶迫拶逼拶夾拶夹拶拶刑拶夾拶夹拶子拶指拶鞫

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Related words

拶榨 to exploit (a worker)拶刑 squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)拶指 to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)拶子 sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)