搓

搓 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿手一 (QTQM), four-corner 5801₁, composition ⿰扌差)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12476
• Dae Jaweon: page 797, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1923, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6413

搓

1. to rub between hands

   搓𥻵之搓搓 [Eastern Min, trad. and simp.]

   chŏ̤ sì chĭ chŏ̤ chŏ̤ / [t͡sʰo⁵⁵ si⁵³ t͡sʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰo⁵⁵ t͡sʰo⁵⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Rolling sì, rolling and rolling

2. (Shanghainese) to flirt with; to pick up

   搓小姑娘 [Shanghainese]  ―  ¹tshu ⁵shiau-ku-gnian [Wugniu]  ―  to pick up girls

• (to pick up):
  • 盤／盘

From 搋 (caai1).

搓

1. (Cantonese) to knead with hands; to mix with hands; to rub
2. (Cantonese, ball games) to pass the ball back and forth

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: さ (sa)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: よる (yoru, 搓る)

搓 (eum 차 (cha))

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 差 (sai).

搓: Hán Việt readings: tha^[1][2][3][4]
搓: Nôm readings: xay^{[1][2][5][6][7]}, xây^[1][2][5][6], xoay^[1][2][6][7], sai^[2][7], tha^[1], thoa^[1]

1. chữ Nôm form of xay (“to grind; to crush; to pulverize”)
2. chữ Nôm form of xây (“to build”)