掴 — Chinese character
掴
guāi
to slap, to box one's ears
- Pinyin
- guāi
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 国
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 国
- Traditional
- 摑
- Japanese
- 掴 as a kanji
Common words with 掴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掌掴 (掌摑) | zhǎng guāi | to slap (with the palm of the hand) |
| 耳掴子 (耳摑子) | ěr guāi zi | slap |
English words written with 掴
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.