抓 — Chinese character
抓
zhuā
to clutch, to grab, to seize
- Pinyin
- zhuā
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 爪
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 抓 as a kanji
Common words with 抓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |
| 抓紧 (抓緊) | zhuā jǐn | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to |
| 抓获 (抓獲) | zhuā huò | to arrest |
| 抓走 | zhuā zǒu | to arrest |
| 抓捕 | zhuā bǔ | to seize; to capture |
| 抓狂 | zhuā kuáng | (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out (from Taiwanese 掠狂, Tai-lo pr. [lia̍h-kông]) |
| 抓紧时间 (抓緊時間) | zhuā jǐn shí jiān | to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up |
| 抓取 | zhuā qǔ | to seize |
| 抓伤 (抓傷) | zhuā shāng | to injure by scratching or clawing |
| 抓贼 (抓賊) | zhuā zéi | to catch a thief |
| 抓阄 (抓鬮) | zhuā jiū | to draw straws |
| 抓拍 | zhuā pāi | to capture (an image); to snap (a photo) |
English words written with 抓
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.