Chinese symbol for “grab”
抓
zhuā
to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grab is 抓 (zhuā), defined as: to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “grab”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绰 (綽) | chāo | to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯 (chāo) |
| 揪住 | jiū zhù | to grab |
| 抢 (搶) | qiǎng | to fight over; to rush |
| 捉 | zhuō | to clutch; to grab |
| 抄 | chāo | to make a copy; to plagiarize |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grab”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.