抓 (zhuā)
to grab; to catch; to scratch
How 抓 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 抓
- Simplified
- 抓 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 爪 claw/talon
Common words using 抓
- 抓住 zhuāzhù
- to grab; to capture
- 抓拍 zhuāpāi
- to capture (an image); to snap (a photo)
- 抓狂 zhuākuáng
- to blow one's top; to be driven mad; to become frantic
- 抓緊 zhuājǐn
- to grasp firmly; to pay special attention to; to rush in
- 抓傷 zhuāshāng
- to injure by scratching or clawing
- 抓包 zhuābāo
- to catch sb in the act
- 抓去 zhuāqù
- to arrest and take away
- 抓取 zhuāqǔ
- to seize
- 抓捕 zhuābǔ
- to seize; to capture
- 抓撓 zhuānao
- to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel
- 抓獲 zhuāhuò
- to arrest
- 抓癢 zhuāyǎng
- to scratch an itch
抓 in a sentence
警察抓到小偷了。
Jǐngchá zhuādào xiǎotōu le.
“The police caught the thief.”
How common is 抓?
抓 is the 990th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89% of all running text.
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